What does the Bible say about cormorant?
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The Bible mentions the cormorant chiefly as an unclean bird and as an image of desolation under God's judgment. Leviticus 11:17 and Deuteronomy 14:17 include it among birds Israel was forbidden to eat, teaching Israel to live as a holy people set apart for the Lord. Isaiah 34:11 and Zephaniah 2:14 portray such birds inhabiting ruined places, vividly expressing the emptiness that follows divine judgment on proud, rebellious nations. These ceremonial food laws do not bind Christians as a means of righteousness, since Christ fulfills the law, yet they still testify to God's holiness and the seriousness of sin.
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- A bird forbidden as food Leviticus 11:17; Deuteronomy 14:17; Isaiah 34:11; Zephaniah 2:14
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