What Does Jeremiah 2:24 Mean?

“A wild ass”

the onager

“used”

instructed

“to the wilderness”

a pasture (i.e., open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert

“at her pleasure”

longing

properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment

“that snuffeth up”

to inhale eagerly; figuratively, to cover; by implication, to be angry; also to hasten

“the wind”

wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the

“in her occasion”

an opportunity or (subjectively) purpose

who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix

“who can turn her away”

to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“all they that seek”

to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“her will not weary”

to tire (as if from wearisome flight)

“themselves in her month”

the new moon; by implication, a month

“they shall find”

properly, to come forth to, i.e., appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e., find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present