Jeremiah 2:24

American Standard Version (1901)

a wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind in her desire; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.

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Referenced Verses

  • Jer 14:6 : 6 And the wild asses stand on the bare heights, they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage.
  • Hos 5:15 : 15 I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me earnestly.
  • Job 11:12 : 12 But vain man is void of understanding, Yea, man is born [as] a wild ass's colt.
  • Job 39:5-8 : 5 Who hath sent out the wild ass free? Or who hath loosed the bonds of the swift ass, 6 Whose home I have made the wilderness, And the salt land his dwelling-place? 7 He scorneth the tumult of the city, Neither heareth he the shoutings of the driver. 8 The range of the mountains is his pasture, And he searcheth after every green thing.
  • Jer 2:27 : 27 who say to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face; but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.

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    4Their young ones become strong, they grow up in the open field; They go forth, and return not again.

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    6Whose home I have made the wilderness, And the salt land his dwelling-place?

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    5Behold, as wild asses in the desert They go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food; The wilderness [yieldeth] them bread for their children.

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    25Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, It is in vain; no, for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.

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    23How canst thou say, I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: [thou art] a swift dromedary traversing her ways;

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    19Yet she multiplied her whoredoms, remembering the days of her youth, wherein she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt.

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  • Jer 14:5-6
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    5Yea, the hind also in the field calveth, and forsaketh [her young], because there is no grass.

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  • Job 11:12
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    12But vain man is void of understanding, Yea, man is born [as] a wild ass's colt.

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    5for their mother hath played the harlot; she that conceived them hath done shamefully; for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink.

    6Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and I will build a wall against her, that she shall not find her paths.

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    21With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield; With the flattering of her lips she forceth him along.

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    24Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; slacken me not the riding, except I bid thee.

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    9For they are gone up to Assyria, [like] a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.

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    17That forsaketh the friend of her youth, And forgetteth the covenant of her God:

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    22[ As] a ring of gold in a swine's snout, [So is] a fair woman that is without discretion.

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    20Blessed are yet that sow beside all waters, that send forth the feet of the ox and the ass.

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