Jeremiah 2:24

New Century Version

You are like a wild donkey that lives in the desert and sniffs the wind at mating time. At that time who can hold her back? Any male who chases her will easily catch her; at mating time, it is easy to find her.

Cross References

Job 11:12

A fool cannot become wise any more than a wild donkey can be born tame.

Job 39:2

Do you count the months until they give birth and know the right time for them to give birth?

Jeremiah 14:6

Wild donkeys stand on the bare hills and sniff the wind like wild dogs. But their eyes go blind, because there is no food.”

Jeremiah 2:27

They say to things of wood, ‘You are my father,’ and to idols of stone, ‘You gave birth to me.’ Those people won’t look at me; they have turned their backs to me. But when they get into trouble, they say, ‘Come and save us!’

Ezekiel 16:33

Men pay prostitutes, but you pay all your lovers to come to you. And they come from all around for sexual relations.

Hosea 5:15

Then I will go back to my place until they suffer for their guilt and turn back to me. In their trouble they will look for me.”

Hosea 8:9

Israel is like a wild donkey all by itself. They have run to Assyria; They have hired other nations to protect them.