Jeremiah 2:24 Douay-Rheims

A wild ass accustomed to the wilderness in the desire of his heart, snuffed up the wind of his love: none shall turn her away: all that seek her shall not fail: in her monthly filth they shall find her.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1871 Reformed

(Jer 14:6; Job 39:5). "A wild ass," agreeing with "thou" (Jer 2:23). at her pleasure--rather, "in her ardor," namely, in pursuit of a male, sniffing the wind to ascertain where one is to be found [MAURER]. occasion--either from a Hebrew root, "to meet"; "her meeting (with the male for sexual intercourse), who can avert it?" Or better from an Arabic root: "her heat (sexual impulse), who can allay it?" [MAURER]. all they--whichever of the males desire her company [HORSLEY]. will not weary themselves--have no need to weary themselves in searching for her. her month--in the season of the year when her sexual impulse is strongest, she puts herself in the way of the males, so that they have no difficulty in finding her.

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