Thematic Bible: Wild Donkey
Thematic Bible
wild Donkey » Inhabits wild and solitary places
Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the noise of the city shall cease; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;
and he was driven from among the sons of men; and his heart was put with the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they made him eat grass like an ox, and his body was bathed with the dew of heaven until he understood that the most high God takes rule of the kingdom of men and that he appoints over it whomever he will.
wild Donkey » Illustrative of » Israel in their love of idols
How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? See thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways; a wild ass used to the wilderness that breaths according to the desire of her soul; from her lust, who shall stop her? All those that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.
wild Donkey » Supported by God
Thou art he who sends the springs into the valleys, which run among the mountains. They give drink to every beast of the field; the wild asses quench their thirst.
wild Donkey » Illustrative of » The ishmaelites
And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
wild Donkey » Suffers in time of scarcity
And the wild asses stood in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes failed because there was no grass.
wild Donkey » Illustrative of » Intractableness of natural man
The vain man shall make himself understood, though man is born like a wild ass's colt.
wild Donkey » Illustrative of » The assyrian power
For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass thinking only of himself; Ephraim has hired lovers.
wild Donkey » Described as » Unsocial
For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass thinking only of himself; Ephraim has hired lovers.
wild Donkey » Described as » Intractable
The vain man shall make himself understood, though man is born like a wild ass's colt.
wild Donkey » Illustrative of » The wicked in their pursuit of sin
Behold, as wild asses in the desert, they go forth to their work, rising early for a prey; the wilderness yields food for them and for their children.
wild Donkey » Described as » Fond of liberty
wild Donkey » Ranges the mountains for food
The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searches after every green thing.
wild Donkey » Despises his pursuers
He laughs at the multitude of the city, neither does he hearken to the voice of the exactor of tribute.