Behold, like wild donkeys in the desert the poor go out to their toil, seeking game; the wasteland yields food for their children.
Man goes out to his work and to his labor until the evening.
“Who has let the wild donkey go free? Who has loosed the bonds of the swift donkey, to whom I have given the arid plain for his home and the salt land for his dwelling place? He scorns the tumult of the city; he hears not the shouts of the driver.
When it was day, the Jews made a plot and bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
Then they led Jesus from the house of Caiaphas to the governor's headquarters. It was early morning. They themselves did not enter the governor's headquarters, so that they would not be defiled, but could eat the Passover.
Her officials within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves that leave nothing till the morning.
Woe to those who devise wickedness and work evil on their beds! When the morning dawns, they perform it, because it is in the power of their hand.
For they have gone up to Assyria, a wild donkey wandering alone; Ephraim has hired lovers.
For with hearts like an oven they approach their intrigue; all night their anger smolders; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
a wild donkey used to the wilderness, in her heat sniffing the wind! Who can restrain her lust? None who seek her need weary themselves; in her month they will find her.
For they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong; they are robbed of sleep unless they have made someone stumble.
The murderer rises before it is light, that he may kill the poor and needy, and in the night he is like a thief.
The tents of robbers are at peace, and those who provoke God are secure, who bring their god in their hand.
The hungry eat his harvest, and he takes it even out of thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
By your sword you shall live, and you shall serve your brother; but when you grow restless you shall break his yoke from your neck.”
He shall be a wild donkey of a man, his hand against everyone and everyone's hand against him, and he shall dwell over against all his kinsmen.”
Unless otherwise indicated, all content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. Copyright ©2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Contact me: openbibleinfo (at) gmail.com.