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Jeremiah 2:24

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2:24You are like a wild female donkey brought up in the wilderness.

In her lust she sniffs the wind to get the scent of a male.59

No one can hold her back when she is in heat.

None of the males need wear themselves out chasing after her.

At mating time she is easy to find.60

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Footnotes

  1. 59 The words “to get the scent of a male” are implicit and are supplied in the translation for clarification.
  2. 60 The metaphor is intended to depict Israel’s irrepressible desire to worship other gods.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

a wild donkey used to the wilderness,

in her heat sniffing the wind!

Who can restrain her lust?

None who seek her need weary themselves;

in her month they will find her.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

a wild donkey accustomed to the desert,

sniffing the wind in her craving—

in her heat who can restrain her?

Any males that pursue her need not tire themselves;

at mating time they will find her.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

a wild donkey at home in the wilderness.

She sniffs the wind in the heat of her desire.

Who can control her passion?

All who look for her will not become weary;

they will find her in her mating season.

NLTNew Living Translation

You are like a wild donkey,

sniffing the wind at mating time.

Who can restrain her lust?

Those who desire her don’t need to search,

for she goes running to them!

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

A wild ass accustomed to the desert,

in the desire of her soul.

She gasps for wind in her rutting time.

Who can quell her lust?

All those who seek her will not grow weary,

in her month they will find her.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.