New Torrey's Topical Textbook: Rev. R. A. Torrey

Ass, The Wild

• Inhabits wild and solitary places Job 39:6; Isa. 32:14; Dan. 5:21
• Ranges the mountains for food Job 39:8
• Brays when hungry Job 6:5
• Suffers in time of scarcity Jer. 14:6
• Described as
  • Fond of liberty Job 39:5
  • Intractable Job 11:12
  • Unsocial Hos. 8:9
• Despises his pursuers Job 39:7
• Supported by God Ps. 104:10, 11
• Illustrative of
  • Intractableness of natural man Job 11:12
  • The wicked in their pursuit of sin Job 24:5
  • Israel in their love of idols Jer. 2:23, 24
  • The Assyrian power Hos. 8:9
  • The Ishmaelites (Hebrew) Gen. 16:12