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Jeremiah 2:24

2:23 How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways; thou art: or, O swift dromedary
A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her. A wild: or, O wild ass, etc used: Heb. taught her pleasure: Heb. the desire of her heart turn: or, reverse it?

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a wild donkey used to the wilderness, that sniffs the wind in her craving. When she is in heat, who can turn her away? All those who seek her will not weary themselves. In her month, they will find her.

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

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

2:25 Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go. There: or, Is the case desperate?

What does Jeremiah 2:24 mean?

Jeremiah 2:24 is a verse in the book of Jeremiah, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include פֶּרֶא (pereʼ), לִמּוּד (limmûwd), מִדְבָּר (midbâr). It connects to 6 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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A
wild
assפֶּרֶאpereʼ/peh'-reh/H6501the onager
usedלִמּוּדlimmûwd/lim-mood'/H3928instructed
to
the
wilderness,מִדְבָּרmidbâr/mid-bawr'/H4057a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)
that
snuffeth
upשָׁאַףshâʼaph/shaw-af'/H7602to inhale eagerly; figuratively, to cover; by implication, to be angry; also to hasten
the
windרוּחַrûwach/roo'-akh/H7307wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)
at
her
pleasure;אַוָּהʼavvâh/av-vaw'/H185longing
in
her
occasionתַּאֲנָהtaʼănâh/tah-an-aw'/H8385an opportunity or (subjectively) purpose
who
can
turn
her
away?שׁוּבshûwb/shoob/H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
all
they
that
seekבָּקַשׁbâqash/baw-kash'/H1245to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
her
will
not
wearyיָעַףyâʻaph/yaw-af'/H3286to tire (as if from wearisome flight)
themselves;
in
her
monthחֹדֶשׁchôdesh/kho'-desh/H2320the new moon; by implication, a month
they
shall
findמָצָאmâtsâʼ/maw-tsaw'/H4672properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
her.
A
wild:
or,
O
wild
ass,
etc
used:
Heb.
taught
her
pleasure:
Heb.
the
desire
of
her
heart
turn:
or,
reverse
it?

Commentary on Jeremiah 2:24

HENRY_FULL · Jeremiah 2:24
is matters, that is of a light desultory wit, that seems to take a thing quickly, but takes it by the halves, gallops over a book or science, but takes no time to digest it, no time to pause or muse upon a business? There is more hope of making a scholar and a wise man of one that is dull and heavy, and slow in his studies, than of one that has such a mercurial genius and cannot fix. 2. Through pride and conceitedness: Seest thou a man that is forward to speak to every matter that is started, and affects to speak first to it, to open it, and speak last to it, to give judgment upon it, as if he were an oracle? There is more hope of a modest fool, who is sensible of his folly, than of such a self-conceited one. 21 He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length. Note, 1. It is an imprudent thing in a master to be too fond of a servant, to advance him too fast, and admit him to be too familiar with him, to suffer him to be over-nice and curious in his diet,

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Jeremiah 10:12

He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.

Jeremiah 15:18

Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters that fail? fail: Heb. be not sure?

Jeremiah 17:19

Thus said the LORD unto me; Go and stand in the gate of the children of the people, whereby the kings of Judah come in, and by the which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem;

Jeremiah 22:24

As I live, saith the LORD, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet would I pluck thee thence;

Jeremiah 26:21

And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and all the princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death: but when Urijah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt;

James 3:16

For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. confusion: Gr. tumult or unquietness

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Jeremiah 2:24.

Genesis 37:22

And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.

Jeremiah 14:6

And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because there was no grass.

Frequently asked questions

What does Jeremiah 2:24 say?

Jeremiah 2:24 (King James Version) reads: "A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her. A wild: or, O wild ass, etc used: Heb. taught her pleasure: Heb. the desire of her heart turn: or, reverse it?"

Is Jeremiah 2:24 in the Old or New Testament?

Jeremiah 2:24 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Jeremiah.

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