Wool used for clothing
Ezekiel 34:3 See also Leviticus 13:47–48; Deuteronomy 22:11; Proverbs 31:13; Isaiah 51:8; Ezekiel 44:17
You eat the fat, wear the wool, and butcher the fattened sheep, but you do not feed the flock.
Wool used in sacrificial ritual
Wool as a valuable commodity
2 Kings 3:4 See also Deuteronomy 18:4; Ezekiel 27:18; Hosea 2:5, Hosea 2:9
Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder, and he would render to the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs and the wool of a hundred thousand rams.
Figurative use of wool
Isaiah 1:18 See also Psalm 147:16; Daniel 7:9; Revelation 1:14
“Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.
Related themes
Dictionary of Bible Themes © 1999 Martin Manser, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, via Bible Aquifer. Formatted for this site, with Scripture from the Berean Standard Bible.