Leopard vs Goat
Dec 5th, 2007
The lectionary continues with Isaiah’s word pictures (Isaiah 11:1-10) imagining the coming of God.
“The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat” (Isaiah 11:6)
Who better than Sir David Attenborough to provide the background on this one? Here he is on a BBC documentary showing a snow leopard chasing a mountain goat.
This time the goat got away.
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