bittern

noun

«bittern» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

In Jewish tradition

Isaiah names it among creatures that will live in the ruins of fallen cities.

Interpretation. The prophets use desert birds and wild creatures living in the ruins to show how completely God's judgment destroys proud places.

A bird that lives in marshes and makes a booming call. tree →

I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water; and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the LORD of hosts. (Prophets ISA.14.23, JPS 1917) tree →
But the pelican and the bittern shall possess it, and the owl and the raven shall dwell therein; and He shall stretch over it the line of confusion, and the plummet of emptiness. (Prophets ISA.34.11, JPS 1917) tree →

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