11 Bible Verses about Ostriches
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The wing of the ostrich beats joyously; though not like the stork's pinions for flight.
and the ostrich, and the great owl, and the gull, and small hawks, according to its kind,
and the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckoo, and the hawk after its kind,
The wing of the ostrich beats joyously; though not like the stork's pinions for flight. For she leaves her eggs to the earth, and lets them warm in the dust, and forgets that a foot may crush them, or that the beast of the field may break them.read more.
She treats her young roughly, as if not hers; for her labor is vanity without fear; because God has caused her to forget wisdom, and He has not given her a share in understanding. At the time she lifts herself up on high, she scorns the horse and its rider.
Even the jackals draw out the breast; they suckle their young ones. The daughter of my people is cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
Therefore I will wail and howl; I will go stripped and naked; I will make a wailing like jackals, mourn like the daughters of an ostrich.
The beasts of the field shall honor Me, the jackals and the ostriches; because I give waters in the wilderness, rivers in the desert, to give drink to My people, My chosen.
But the wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of howling creatures; and ostriches shall dwell there, and he-goats shall dance there.
And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and thistles in its fortresses; and it shall be a home of jackals and a court for ostriches.
So the beasts of the desert shall dwell there with jackals. And the daughters of the ostrich shall dwell in her again. And it shall not again have anyone in it forever; it shall not be lived in until generation and generation.
From Thematic Bible
Birds » Used as sacrifices » Ostriches
The wing of the ostrich beats joyously; though not like the stork's pinions for flight.
Even the jackals draw out the breast; they suckle their young ones. The daughter of my people is cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
Ostriches » Illustrative » Of the unnatural cruelty of the jews in their calamities
Even the jackals draw out the breast; they suckle their young ones. The daughter of my people is cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
Ostriches » Unclean and unfit for food
And you shall have these in abomination among the fowls. They shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the black vulture, and the bearded vulture,
Ostriches » Illustrative » (companionship with,) of extreme desolation
Ostriches » Described as » Cruel to her young
She treats her young roughly, as if not hers; for her labor is vanity without fear;
Ostriches » Described as » Void of wisdom
because God has caused her to forget wisdom, and He has not given her a share in understanding.
Ostriches » Described as » Imprudent
and forgets that a foot may crush them, or that the beast of the field may break them.
Ostriches » Described as » Rapid in movement
Ostriches » Furnished with wings and feathers
The wing of the ostrich beats joyously; though not like the stork's pinions for flight.
Ostriches » Lays her eggs in the sand
Ostriches » In av the word "owl" occurs, but in the rv, it is the word "ostrich,"
Therefore I will wail and howl; I will go stripped and naked; I will make a wailing like jackals, mourn like the daughters of an ostrich.
So the beasts of the desert shall dwell there with jackals. And the daughters of the ostrich shall dwell in her again. And it shall not again have anyone in it forever; it shall not be lived in until generation and generation.
and the ostrich, and the great owl, and the gull, and small hawks, according to its kind,
and the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckoo, and the hawk after its kind,
Ostriches » The cry of
Therefore I will wail and howl; I will go stripped and naked; I will make a wailing like jackals, mourn like the daughters of an ostrich.
