Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Ass (donkey) » Wild
They give drink to every beast of the field; the mountain asses come to them for water.
Like asses in the waste land they go out to their work, looking for food with care; from the waste land they get bread for their children.
An untrained ass, used to the waste land, breathing up the wind in her desire; at her time, who is able to send her away? all those who are looking for her will have no need to make themselves tired; in her month they will get her.
Does the ass of the fields give out his voice when he has grass? or does the ox make sounds over his food?
Who has let the ass of the fields go free? or made loose the bands of the loud-voiced beast?
For the fair houses will have no man living in them; the town which was full of noise will become a waste; the hill and the watchtower will be unpeopled for ever, a joy for the asses of the woods, a place of food for the flocks;
And the asses of the field on the open hilltops are opening their mouths wide like jackals to get air; their eyes are hollow because there is no grass.
For they have gone up to Assyria like an ass going by himself; Ephraim has given money to get lovers.
wild Donkey » Inhabits wild and solitary places
For the fair houses will have no man living in them; the town which was full of noise will become a waste; the hill and the watchtower will be unpeopled for ever, a joy for the asses of the woods, a place of food for the flocks;
To whom I have given the waste land for a heritage, and the salt land as a living-place.
And he was sent out from among the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts', and he was living with the asses of the fields; he had grass for his food like the oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till he was certain that the Most High is ruler in the kingdom of men, and gives power over it to anyone at his pleasure.
Palaces » Often as a punishment » Forsaken
For the fair houses will have no man living in them; the town which was full of noise will become a waste; the hill and the watchtower will be unpeopled for ever, a joy for the asses of the woods, a place of food for the flocks;
Towers » Frequently left desolate
For the fair houses will have no man living in them; the town which was full of noise will become a waste; the hill and the watchtower will be unpeopled for ever, a joy for the asses of the woods, a place of food for the flocks;
I have had the nations cut off, their towers are broken down; I have made their streets a waste so that no one goes through them: destruction has overtaken their towns, so that there is no man living in them.