9 Bible Verses about Owls
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I am like the pelican of the desert, I have become as an owl among ruins.
and the female ostrich, and the male ostrich, and the sea-gull, - and the hawk after its kind; and the pelican and the gannet, and the bittern;
and the female ostrich, and the male ostrich, and the sea-gull, - and the hawk after its kind;
Then shall criers meet with howlers, And, the shaggy creature, unto his fellow, shall call, - Only, there, shall, the night-spectre, Make her settlement, And find for herself a place of rest:
and the female ostrich, and the male ostrich and the sea-gull, - and the hawk, after its kind;
That the vomiting pelican and the bittern may possess it: And the great owl and the raven, dwell therein; Then will he stretch out over it The line of desolation, and The plummet of emptiness.
and the swan and the vomiting pelican and the little vulture;
From Thematic Bible
Birds » Used as sacrifices » Owls
Then shall criers meet with howlers, And, the shaggy creature, unto his fellow, shall call, - Only, there, shall, the night-spectre, Make her settlement, And find for herself a place of rest:
and the female ostrich, and the male ostrich, and the sea-gull, - and the hawk after its kind;
Owls » Inhabits deserted cities and houses
Therefore shall the criers dwell with, the howlers, Yea ostriches, shall dwell therein, - So shall it be dwelt in no more for ever, Neither shall it be inhabited unto generation after generation.
Then shall lie down there, wild beasts, And filled shall be their houses with owls, - Then shall inhabit there, the ostrich, And shaggy creatures, shall dance there.
That the vomiting pelican and the bittern may possess it: And the great owl and the raven, dwell therein; Then will he stretch out over it The line of desolation, and The plummet of emptiness. Her nobles (but none, are, there)! unto royalty, will call, - All, all her princes, shall become nought. Then shall come up, in her palaces thorns Nettles and thistles in her fortresses, - And she shall become A home for wild dogs, An enclosure for ostriches; read more.
Then shall criers meet with howlers, And, the shaggy creature, unto his fellow, shall call, - Only, there, shall, the night-spectre, Make her settlement, And find for herself a place of rest:
Owls » Unclean and not to be eaten
And, these, shall ye abhor of birds, they shall not be eaten, an abomination, they are, - the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the osprey;
and the female ostrich, and the male ostrich, and the sea-gull, - and the hawk after its kind;
Owls » Varieties of
and the female ostrich, and the male ostrich, and the sea-gull, - and the hawk after its kind; and the pelican and the gannet, and the bittern;
Owls » Described as » Careful of its young
There, shall, the arrow-snake, Make her nest and lay, And hatch and gather under her shadow, - Only, there, shall be gathered the falcons, every one with her mate.
Owls » Described as » Solitary in disposition
I am like the pelican of the desert, I have become as an owl among ruins.
Owls » Illustrative of mourners
I am like the pelican of the desert, I have become as an owl among ruins.
Owls » Described as » Mournful in voice
For this cause, will I lament and howl, I will go stript and bare, - I will make a lamentation, like the wild dogs, and a mourning, like ostriches.