⁵ "Who has set the wild donkey free? Or who has loosened the bonds of the swift donkey,

⁵ Behold, as wild donkeys in the desert, They go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food; The wilderness yields them bread for their children.

¹² But vain man can become wise If a man can be born as a wild donkey's colt.

⁵ Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass? Or does the ox low over his fodder?

¹¹ They give drink to every animal of the field. The wild donkeys quench their thirst.

⁹ For they have gone up to Assyria, Like a wild donkey wandering alone. Ephraim has hired lovers for himself.

²¹ and he was driven from the sons of men, and his heart was made like the animals', and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys; he was fed with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of the sky; until he knew that the Most High God rules in the kingdom of men, and that he sets up over it whoever he will.

⁶ The wild donkeys stand on the bare heights, they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage.

²⁴ a wild donkey used to the wilderness, that snuffs up the wind in her desire; in her occasion who can turn her away? all those who seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.

¹⁴ For the palace shall be forsaken; the populous city shall be deserted; the hill and the watch-tower shall be for dens forever, a joy of wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks;

¹⁴ "Issachar is a strong donkey, Lying down between the saddlebags.

¹² He will be like a wild donkey among men. His hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him. He will live opposite all of his brothers."