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Jeremiah 8:7 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 8 · verse 7
Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.Jeremiah 8:7 · King James Version
Jeremiah 8:7 in context
5Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
6I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.
7Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
8How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.
9The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?
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Key words (Strong's)
- knowethyâdaʻto knowH3045 →
- swallowʻâgûwrprobably the swallowH5693 →
- observeshâmarproperly, to hedge aboutH8104 →
- heavenshâmayimthe sky (as aloftH8064 →
- turtletôwra ring-dove, often as a term of endearmentH8449 →
- comingbôwʼto go or comeH935 →
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The prophet here is instructed to set before this people the folly of their impenitence, which was it that brought this ruin upon them.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 4-12