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Jer 2:24 Strong Concordance A wild ass [06501] used [03928] to the wilderness [04057], that snuffeth up [07602] the wind [07307] at her pleasure [0185] [05315]; in her occasion [08385] who can turn her away [07725]? all they that seek [01245] her will not weary [03286] themselves; in her month [02320] they shall find [04672] her.
  King James A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
(Jer 14:6; Job 39:5). "A wild ass," agreeing with "thou" (Jer 2:23).

at her pleasure--rather, "in her ardor," namely, in pursuit of a male, sniffing the wind to ascertain where one is to be found [MAURER].

occasion--either from a Hebrew root, "to meet"; "her meeting (with the male for sexual intercourse), who can avert it?" Or better from an Arabic root: "her heat (sexual impulse), who can allay it?" [MAURER].

all they--whichever of the males desire her company [HORSLEY].

will not weary themselves--have no need to weary themselves in searching for her.

her month--in the season of the year when her sexual impulse is strongest, she puts herself in the way of the males, so that they have no difficulty in finding her.
 
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23 How canst thou say [0559], I am not polluted [02930], I have not gone [01980] after [0310] Baalim [01168]? see [07200] thy way [01870] in the valley [01516], know [03045] what thou hast done [06213]: thou art a swift [07031] dromedary [01072] traversing [08308] her ways [01870];
5 Who hath sent out [07971] the wild ass [06501] free [02670]? or who hath loosed [06605] the bands [04147] of the wild ass [06171]?
6 And the wild asses [06501] did stand [05975] in the high places [08205], they snuffed up [07602] the wind [07307] like dragons [08577]; their eyes [05869] did fail [03615], because there was no grass [06212].