Thematic Bible: Heifer illustrative
Thematic Bible
Oxen » Heifer illustrative » (of three years old,) of moab in affliction
whose fugitives flee as far as Zoar,
to Eglath-shelishiyah;
they go up the slope of Luhith weeping;
they raise a cry of destruction
on the road to Horonaim.
“There is a cry from Heshbon to Elealeh; they raise their voices as far as Jahaz—from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah—because even the waters of Nimrim have become desolate.
Verse Concepts
Oxen » Heifer illustrative » (fair,) of the beauty and wealth of egypt
but a horsefly from the north is coming against her.
Oxen » Heifer illustrative » (at grass,) of the luxurious chaldees
because you sing in triumph—
you who plundered My inheritance—
because you frolic like a young cow treading grain
and neigh like stallions,
Oxen » Heifer illustrative » Of a beloved wife
On the seventh day, before sunset, the men of the city said to him:
What is sweeter than honey?
What is stronger than a lion?
So he said to them:
If you hadn’t plowed with my young cow,
you wouldn’t know my riddle now!
Verse Concepts
What is stronger than a lion?
So he said to them:
you wouldn’t know my riddle now!
Oxen » Heifer illustrative » (taught, &c) of israel's fondness for ease in preference to obedience
that loves to thresh,
but I will place a yoke on
I will harness Ephraim;
Judah will plow;
Jacob will do the final plowing.
Oxen » Heifer illustrative » (sliding back,) of backsliding israel
Can the Lord now shepherd them
like a lamb in an open meadow?