11 Bible Verses about Ostriches
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"The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; but are they the feathers and plumage of love?
and the ostrich, and the owl, and the seagull, and the hawk after its kind,
"The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; but are they the feathers and plumage of love? For she leaves her eggs on the earth, warms them in the dust, and forgets that the foot may crush them, or that the wild animal may trample them.read more.
She deals harshly with her young ones, as if they were not hers. Though her labor is in vain, she is without fear, because God has deprived her of wisdom, neither has he imparted to her understanding. When she lifts up herself on high, she scorns the horse and his rider.
Even the jackals draw out the breast, they nurse their young ones: The daughter of my people has become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
For this I will lament and wail; I will go stripped and naked; I will howl like the jackals, and moan like the daughters of owls.
The animals of the field shall honor me, the jackals and the ostriches; because I give water in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen,
But wild animals of the desert will lie there, and their houses will be full of jackals. Ostriches will dwell there, and wild goats will frolic there.
Thorns will come up in its palaces, nettles and thistles in its fortresses; and it will be a habitation of jackals, a court for ostriches.
Therefore the wild animals of the desert with the wolves shall dwell there, and the ostriches shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited forever; neither shall it be lived in from generation to generation.
From Thematic Bible
Birds » Used as sacrifices » Ostriches
"The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; but are they the feathers and plumage of love?
Even the jackals draw out the breast, they nurse their young ones: The daughter of my people has become 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 nurse their young ones: The daughter of my people has become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
Ostriches » Unclean and unfit for food
"'These you shall detest among the birds; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the vulture, and the black vulture,
Ostriches » Illustrative » (companionship with,) of extreme desolation
Ostriches » Described as » Cruel to her young
She deals harshly with her young ones, as if they were not hers. Though her labor is in vain, she is without fear,
Ostriches » Described as » Void of wisdom
because God has deprived her of wisdom, neither has he imparted to her understanding.
Ostriches » Described as » Imprudent
and forgets that the foot may crush them, or that the wild animal may trample them.
Ostriches » Described as » Rapid in movement
Ostriches » Furnished with wings and feathers
"The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; but are they the feathers and plumage of love?
Ostriches » Lays her eggs in the sand
Ostriches » In av the word "owl" occurs, but in the rv, it is the word "ostrich,"
For this I will lament and wail; I will go stripped and naked; I will howl like the jackals, and moan like the daughters of owls.
Therefore the wild animals of the desert with the wolves shall dwell there, and the ostriches shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited forever; neither shall it be lived in from generation to generation.
and the ostrich, and the owl, and the seagull, and the hawk after its kind,
Ostriches » The cry of
For this I will lament and wail; I will go stripped and naked; I will howl like the jackals, and moan like the daughters of owls.