11 Bible Verses about Ostriches
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The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, but they cannot compare with the pinions and feathers of the stork.
and the ostrich, the owl, the sea gull, and the hawk in their kinds,
The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, but they cannot compare with the pinions and feathers of the stork. She lays her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand. She is unaware that a foot may crush them, that some wild animal may trample them.read more.
She treats her young cruelly, as if they were not hers. Even if her labor is in vain, she is unconcerned. This is because God has made her forget wisdom. He has not given her a share of understanding. When she lifts herself on high, she laughs at the horse and his rider.
Even the jackals of the wasteland have full breasts and give milk to their young ones. The daughter of my people has become cruel like the ostriches in the wasteland.
I [Micah] will lament and wail. I will go barefoot and naked. I will make a howling like the jackals, and a lamentation like the ostriches.
Wild animals, jackals, and ostriches will honor me. I will provide water in the desert. I will make rivers on the dry land for my chosen people to drink.
But desert animals will lie down there. Their houses will be full of owls! Shaggy goats (demons) will play there and ostriches will dance there.
Its palaces are covered with thorns. Its fortresses have nettles and thistles. It will become a home for jackals and a place for ostriches.
That is why desert animals will live with hyenas. Desert owls will also live there. It will no longer be inhabited or lived in for generations.
From Thematic Bible
Birds » Used as sacrifices » Ostriches
The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, but they cannot compare with the pinions and feathers of the stork.
Even the jackals of the wasteland have full breasts and give milk to their young ones. The daughter of my people has become cruel like the ostriches in the wasteland.
Ostriches » Illustrative » Of the unnatural cruelty of the jews in their calamities
Even the jackals of the wasteland have full breasts and give milk to their young ones. The daughter of my people has become cruel like the ostriches in the wasteland.
Ostriches » Unclean and unfit for food
Here are the kinds of birds you must consider disgusting and must not eat. They are eagles, bearded vultures, black vultures,
Ostriches » Illustrative » (companionship with,) of extreme desolation
Ostriches » Described as » Cruel to her young
She treats her young cruelly, as if they were not hers. Even if her labor is in vain, she is unconcerned.
Ostriches » Described as » Void of wisdom
This is because God has made her forget wisdom. He has not given her a share of understanding.
Ostriches » Described as » Imprudent
She is unaware that a foot may crush them, that some wild animal may trample them.
Ostriches » Described as » Rapid in movement
Ostriches » Furnished with wings and feathers
The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, but they cannot compare with the pinions and feathers of the stork.
Ostriches » Lays her eggs in the sand
Ostriches » In av the word "owl" occurs, but in the rv, it is the word "ostrich,"
I [Micah] will lament and wail. I will go barefoot and naked. I will make a howling like the jackals, and a lamentation like the ostriches.
That is why desert animals will live with hyenas. Desert owls will also live there. It will no longer be inhabited or lived in for generations.
and the ostrich, the owl, the sea gull, and the hawk in their kinds,
Ostriches » The cry of
I [Micah] will lament and wail. I will go barefoot and naked. I will make a howling like the jackals, and a lamentation like the ostriches.
