Issachar is a strong-boned donkey lying down between two saddlebags.

You will lie down with no one to make you afraid, and many will seek your favor.

When the sun rises, they withdraw and sleep in their dens.

He takes me to lush pastures, he leads me to refreshing water.

The cities of Aroer are abandoned. They will be used for herds, which will lie down there in peace.

I myself will feed my sheep and I myself will make them lie down, declares the sovereign Lord.

You are a lion’s cub, Judah, from the prey, my son, you have gone up. He crouches and lies down like a lion; like a lioness – who will rouse him?

Of Joseph he said: May the Lord bless his land with the harvest produced by the sky, by the dew, and by the depths crouching beneath;

A cow and a bear will graze together, their young will lie down together. A lion, like an ox, will eat straw.

The poor will graze in my pastures; the needy will rest securely. But I will kill your root by famine; it will put to death all your survivors.

“O afflicted one, driven away, and unconsoled! Look, I am about to set your stones in antimony and I lay your foundation with lapis-lazuli.

and say: “‘What a lioness was your mother among the lions! She lay among young lions; she reared her cubs.

Is it not true that if you do what is right, you will be fine? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at the door. It desires to dominate you, but you must subdue it.”

because of the God of your father, who will help you, because of the sovereign God, who will bless you with blessings from the sky above, blessings from the deep that lies below, and blessings of the breasts and womb.

If you see the donkey of someone who hates you fallen under its load, you must not ignore him, but be sure to help him with it.

When the donkey saw the angel of the Lord, she crouched down under Balaam. Then Balaam was angry, and he beat his donkey with a staff.

The Beloved to Her Lover: Tell me, O you whom my heart loves, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest your sheep during the midday heat? Tell me lest I wander around beside the flocks of your companions!

A wolf will reside with a lamb, and a leopard will lie down with a young goat; an ox and a young lion will graze together, as a small child leads them along.

No one will live there again; no one will ever reside there again. No bedouin will camp there, no shepherds will rest their flocks there.

Wild animals will rest there, the ruined houses will be full of hyenas. Ostriches will live there, wild goats will skip among the ruins.