11 Bible Verses about Ostriches
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The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully,
but are her feathers and plumage like the stork’s?
the ostrich,
the short-eared owl, the gull,
any kind of hawk,
The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully,
but are her feathers and plumage like the stork’s?
She abandons her eggs on the ground
and lets them be warmed in the sand.
She forgets that a foot may crush them
or that some wild animal may trample them.
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She treats her young harshly, as if they were not her own,
with no fear that her labor may have been in vain.
For God has deprived her of wisdom;
He has not endowed her with understanding.
When she proudly spreads her wings,
she laughs at the horse and its rider.
ג GimelEven jackals offer their breasts
to nurse their young,
but my dear people have become cruel
like ostriches in the wilderness.
Because of this I will lament and wail;
I will walk barefoot and naked.
I will howl like the jackals
and mourn like ostriches.
The animals of the field will honor Me,
jackals and ostriches,
because I provide water in the wilderness,
and rivers in the desert,
to give drink to My chosen people.
But desert creatures will lie down there,
and owls will fill the houses.
Ostriches will dwell there,
and wild goats will leap about.
Her palaces will be overgrown with thorns;
her fortified cities, with thistles and briers.
She will become a dwelling for jackals,
an abode for ostriches.
Therefore, desert creatures will live with hyenas,
and ostriches will also live in her.
It will never again be inhabited
or lived in through all generations.
From Thematic Bible
Birds » Used as sacrifices » Ostriches
but are her feathers and plumage like the stork’s?
ג Gimel
to nurse their young,
but my dear people have become cruel
like ostriches
Ostriches » Illustrative » Of the unnatural cruelty of the jews in their calamities
ג Gimel
to nurse their young,
but my dear people have become cruel
like ostriches
Ostriches » Unclean and unfit for food
“You are to detest these birds. They must not be eaten because they are detestable:
the black vulture,
Ostriches » Illustrative » (companionship with,) of extreme desolation
Ostriches » Described as » Cruel to her young
with no fear that her labor may have been in vain.
Ostriches » Described as » Void of wisdom
He has not endowed her with understanding.
Ostriches » Described as » Imprudent
or that some wild animal may trample them.
Ostriches » Described as » Rapid in movement
Ostriches » Furnished with wings and feathers
but are her feathers and plumage like the stork’s?
Ostriches » Lays her eggs in the sand
Ostriches » In av the word "owl" occurs, but in the rv, it is the word "ostrich,"
I will walk barefoot and naked.
I will howl like the jackals
and mourn like ostriches.
and ostriches will also live in her.
It will never again be inhabited
or lived in through all generations.
the short-eared owl, the gull,
any kind of hawk,
Ostriches » The cry of
I will walk barefoot and naked.
I will howl like the jackals
and mourn like ostriches.
