Jeremiah 2:24
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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.

a wild ass.

Jeremiah 14:6 And the wild asses stood upon the rocks, they snuffed up the wind like dragons, their eyes failed, because there was no grass.

Job 11:12 A vain man is lifted up into pride, and thinketh himself born free like a wild ass's colt.

Job 39:5-8 Who hath sent out the wild ass free, and who hath loosed his bonds? . . .

used.

Jeremiah 2:27 Saying to a stock: Thou art my father: and to a stone: Thou hast begotten me: they have turned their back to me, and not their face: and in the time of their affliction they will say: Arise, and deliver us.

Hosea 5:15 I will go and return to my place: until you are consumed, and seek my face.

Context
Israel's Unfaithfulness
23How canst thou say: I am not polluted, I have not walked after Baalim? see thy ways in the valley, know what thou hast done: as a swift runner pursuing his course. 24A 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.25Keep thy foot from being bare, and thy throat from thirst. But thou saidst: I have lost all hope, I will not do it: for I have loved strangers, and I will walk after them.…
Cross References
Job 39:6
To whom I have given a house in the wilderness, and his dwellings in the barren land.

Jeremiah 14:6
And the wild asses stood upon the rocks, they snuffed up the wind like dragons, their eyes failed, because there was no grass.

Hosea 8:9
For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath given gifts to his lovers.

Lexicon
a wild donkey
פֶּ֣רֶה ׀ (pe·reh)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6501: A wild donkey

at home in
לִמֻּ֣ד (lim·muḏ)
Adjective - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3928: Instructed

the wilderness,
מִדְבָּ֗ר (miḏ·bār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4057: A pasture, a desert, speech

sniffing
שָׁאֲפָ֣ה (šā·’ă·p̄āh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7602: To inhale eagerly, to cover, to be angry, to hasten

the wind
ר֔וּחַ (rū·aḥ)
Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit

in the heat
תַּאֲנָתָ֖הּ (ta·’ă·nā·ṯāh)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8385: Occasion or time of copulation

of her
נַפְשָׁהּ֙ (nap̄·šāh)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

desire.
בְּאַוַּ֤ת (bə·’aw·waṯ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 185: Longing

Who
מִ֣י (mî)
Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix

can restrain her passion?
יְשִׁיבֶ֑נָּה (yə·šî·ḇen·nāh)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

All
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

who seek her
מְבַקְשֶׁ֙יהָ֙ (mə·ḇaq·še·hā)
Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1245: To search out, to strive after

need not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

weary themselves;
יִיעָ֔פוּ (yî·‘ā·p̄ū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3286: To be weary, faint

in mating season
בְּחָדְשָׁ֖הּ (bə·ḥā·ḏə·šāh)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2320: The new moon, a month

they will find her.
יִמְצָאֽוּנְהָ׃ (yim·ṣā·’ū·nə·hā)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person feminine singular, Paragogic nun
Strong's Hebrew 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present


Additional Translations
a wild donkey at home in the wilderness, sniffing the wind in the heat of her desire. Who can restrain her passion? All who seek her need not weary themselves; in mating season they will 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.

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

she has extended her ways over the waters of the desert; she was hurried along by the lusts of her soul; she is given up to them, who will turn her back? none that seek her shall be weary; at the time of her humiliation they shall find her.

-- a wild ass, used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind in her desire! In her ardour, who shall 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 snuffeth up the wind in her desire; 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 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 donkey used to the wilderness, that snuffs up the wind in her desire. 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 accustomed to a wilderness, In the desire of her soul she hath swallowed up wind, Her meeting -- who doth turn her back? None seeking her do weary themselves, In her month they find her.
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