Jeremiah 17:11

On the notorious question we have come to see who the partridge is, concerning which Scripture now says: "The partridge cried out, it gathered what it did not bring forth, making its wealth not with judgment. In the midst of his days they shall forsake him, and at his end he shall be a fool." From the study of the nature of animals we must take up what has been recorded about the partridge, so that, knowing the facts about the animal, we may know whether the partridge now spoken of ought to be assigned to a better rank or to a worse one. It is said, then, to be a most malicious and crafty and cunning animal, one that wishes to deceive those who hunt it and that often rolls about the feet of the hunter, so as to draw him away, since the animal is nearby, in order that he may not come to the nest. And whenever it guesses that it has drawn the hunter off and that the chicks have fled, then it too flies away. And the animal is so utterly unclean that the males fight one another in single combat over mating, and male mounts male. If, then, this animal is both malicious and unclean, both cunning and deceitful, it is clear that to assign it to a better rank and to say that it can be referred to the Savior appears to be impious. We must therefore see, if we wish to interpret it of the adversary, whether the whole interpretation follows consistently for us. The mother partridge cried out; she gathered what she did not bring forth. So then, the devil does not gather his own creatures; he does not gather what he begot, but whenever he cries out, he gathers the creatures of another and makes them his own. […]

Those are fools indeed who are fools in their latter end; and such multitudes will prove who were applauded as wise men, that did well for themselves, Ps. xlix. Those that get grace will be wise in the latter end, will have the comfort of it in death and the benefit of it to eternity ( Prov. xix.

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As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not,....

As the partridge - קרא kore. It is very likely that this was a bird different from our partridge. The text Dr. Blayney translates thus: - (As) the kore that hatcheth what it doth not lay (So is) he who getteth riches, and not according to right. “The covetous man,” says Dahler, “who heaps up riches by unjust ways, is compared to a bird which hatches the eggs of other fowls.

partridge-- (1Sa 26:20). Hebrew, korea, from a root, "to call," alluding to its cry; a name still applied to a bustard by the Arabs. Its nest is liable, being on the ground, to be trodden under foot, or robbed by carnivorous animals, notwithstanding all the beautiful manoeuvres of the parent birds to save the brood.

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