THEOSISJeremiah 8:7Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
The kite in the air hath known her time: the turtle, and the swallow, and the stork have observed the time of their coming: but my people have not known the judgment of the Lord.
גַּם־חֲסִידָ֣ה בַשָּׁמַ֗יִם יָֽדְעָה֙ מֽוֹעֲדֶ֔יהָ וְתֹ֤ר וסוס וְסִיס֙ וְעָג֔וּר שָׁמְר֖וּ אֶת־עֵ֣ת בֹּאָ֑נָה וְעַמִּ֕י לֹ֣א יָֽדְע֔וּ אֵ֖ת מִשְׁפַּ֥ט יְהוָֽה׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Isa 1:3The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel hath not known me, and my people hath not understood.
- Jer 5:4But I said: Perhaps these are poor and foolish, that know not the way of the Lord, the judgment of their God.
- Jer 5:5I will go therefore to the great men, and will speak to them: for they have known the way of the Lord, the judgment of their God: and behold these have altogether broken the yoke more, and have burst the bonds.
- Prov 6:6Go to the ant, O sluggard, and consider her ways, and learn wisdom:
- Prov 6:8Provideth her meat for herself in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
- Isa 5:12The harp, and the lyre, and, the timbrel and the pipe, and wine are in your feasts: and the work of the Lord you regard not, nor do you consider the works of his hands.
- Song 2:12The flowers have appeared in our land, the time of pruning is come: the voice of the turtle is heard in our land: