11 Bible Verses about Ostriches
Most Relevant Verses
"[The] wings of [the] female ostrich flap-- [are they] [the] pinions of [the] stork or [the] falcon?
and {the ostrich} and the short-eared owl and the seagull and the hawk according to its kind,
and the {ostrich} and the short-eared owl and the seagull and the hawk according to its kind,
"[The] wings of [the] female ostrich flap-- [are they] [the] pinions of [the] stork or [the] falcon? Indeed, it leaves its eggs to the earth, and it lets [them] be warmed on [the] ground, and it forgets that a foot might crush an egg, and {a wild animal} might trample it.read more.
It deals cruelly with its young ones, as [if] [they were] not its [own], as [if] without fear [that] its labor [were] in vain, because God made it forget wisdom, and he did not give it a share in understanding. When it spreads its wings {aloft}, it laughs at the horse and its rider.
Even the jackal bears the beast and nurses their cubs; [but] the daughter of my people has become ruthless, like ostriches in the wilderness.
On account of this I will lament and wail. I will go about barefoot and naked. I will make a lamentation like the jackals, and a mourning ceremony like the {ostriches}.
The animals of the field will honor me, jackals and daughters of [the] ostrich, for I give water in the wilderness, rivers in [the] desert, to give a drink [to] my chosen people,
But wild animals will lie down there, and their houses will be full [of] howling creatures, and the daughters of ostriches will live there, and goats will dance there.
And thorns shall go up her citadel fortress, weeds and thistle plants in her fortresses; and it shall be [the] settlement of jackals, green grass for [the] daughters of an ostrich.
{Therefore} desert creatures will live [there] with jackals, and daughters of ostriches will inhabit her. And she will not be inhabited again {forever}, and she will not be dwelt in {for all generations}.
From Thematic Bible
Birds » Used as sacrifices » Ostriches
"[The] wings of [the] female ostrich flap-- [are they] [the] pinions of [the] stork or [the] falcon?
Even the jackal bears the beast and nurses their cubs; [but] the daughter of my people has become ruthless, like ostriches in the wilderness.
Ostriches » Illustrative » Of the unnatural cruelty of the jews in their calamities
Even the jackal bears the beast and nurses their cubs; [but] the daughter of my people has become ruthless, like ostriches in the wilderness.
Ostriches » Unclean and unfit for food
" 'And these you must detest from the birds; they must not be eaten--they [are] detestable: the eagle and the vulture and the short-toed eagle,
Ostriches » Illustrative » (companionship with,) of extreme desolation
Ostriches » Described as » Cruel to her young
It deals cruelly with its young ones, as [if] [they were] not its [own], as [if] without fear [that] its labor [were] in vain,
Ostriches » Described as » Void of wisdom
because God made it forget wisdom, and he did not give it a share in understanding.
Ostriches » Described as » Imprudent
and it forgets that a foot might crush an egg, and {a wild animal} might trample it.
Ostriches » Described as » Rapid in movement
Ostriches » Furnished with wings and feathers
"[The] wings of [the] female ostrich flap-- [are they] [the] pinions of [the] stork or [the] falcon?
Ostriches » Lays her eggs in the sand
Indeed, it leaves its eggs to the earth, and it lets [them] be warmed on [the] ground,
Ostriches » In av the word "owl" occurs, but in the rv, it is the word "ostrich,"
On account of this I will lament and wail. I will go about barefoot and naked. I will make a lamentation like the jackals, and a mourning ceremony like the {ostriches}.
{Therefore} desert creatures will live [there] with jackals, and daughters of ostriches will inhabit her. And she will not be inhabited again {forever}, and she will not be dwelt in {for all generations}.
and {the ostrich} and the short-eared owl and the seagull and the hawk according to its kind,
and the {ostrich} and the short-eared owl and the seagull and the hawk according to its kind,
Ostriches » The cry of
On account of this I will lament and wail. I will go about barefoot and naked. I will make a lamentation like the jackals, and a mourning ceremony like the {ostriches}.
