"The ostriches'wingsflapjoyouslyWith the pinionand plumageof love,
For the kinghad at seathe shipsof Tarshishwith the shipsof Hiram;onceevery threeyearsthe shipsof Tarshishcamebringinggoldand silver,ivoryand apesand peacocks.
For the kinghad shipswhich wentto Tarshishwith the servantsof Huram;onceevery threeyearsthe shipsof Tarshishcamebringinggoldand silver,ivoryand apesand peacocks.
"I have becomea brotherto jackalsAnd a companionof ostriches.
"Will you havefaithin him that he will returnyour grainAnd gather[it from] your threshingfloor?
For she abandonsher eggsto the earthAnd warmsthem in the dust,
Wherethe birdsbuildtheir nests,[And] the stork,whose homeis the firtrees.
"Eventhe storkin the skyKnowsher seasons;And the turtledoveand the swiftand the thrushObservethe timeof their migration;But My peopledo not knowThe ordinanceof the LORD.
and the ostrichand the owland the seagulland the hawkin its kind,
and the stork,the heronin its kinds,and the hoopoe,and the bat.
Then I liftedup my eyesand looked,and there twowomenwere comingout with the windin their wings;and they had wingslike the wingsof a stork,and they liftedup the ephahbetweenthe earthand the heavens.
