Jeremiah 8:7 BSB — MannaFest

Jeremiah 8:7

Even the stork in the sky knows her appointed seasons. The turtledove, the swift, and the thrush keep their time of migration, but My people do not know the requirements of the LORD.

BSB

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ASV

Yea, the stork in the heavens knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle-dove and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the law of Jehovah.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Jeremiah (420)

(Verse 7) The kite in the sky knows its time: the turtledove and the swallow and the stork keep the time of their arrival. But my people do not know the judgment of the Lord. Regarding the kite, which Symmachus interpreted, the Septuagint and Theodotion used the Hebrew word 'Asida' (). Aquila translated it as 'herodium'. Again, for the swallow, Symmachus translated it as 'cicada', which is called 'Sis' in Hebrew (). But for the stork that we have translated, both Aquila and Symmachus translated it as it is written in Hebrew, 'Agur' ().

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It is an instance of their sottishness that, though they are God's people, and therefore should readily understand his mind upon every intimation of it, yet they know not the judgment of the Lord; they apprehend not the meaning either of a mercy or an affliction, not how to accommodate themselves to either, nor to answer God's intention in either.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Jeremiah appeals to the obedience which migratory birds render to the law of their natures. The “stork” arrives in Palestine about March 21, and after a six weeks’ halt departs for the north of Europe. It takes its flight by day, at a vast height in the air (“in the heaven”). The appearance of the “turtle-dove” is one of the pleasant signs of the approach of spring. The crane and the swallow - Rather, “the swift and the crane.”

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
גַּם־	gam-	also	H1571 →
חֲסִידָ֣ה	cha.si.Dah	a stork	H2624 →
בַשָּׁמַ֗יִם	va.sha.Ma.yim	in the heavens	H8064 →
יָֽדְעָה֙	ya.de.'Ah	it knows	H3045 →
מֽוֹעֲדֶ֔יהָ	mo.'a.Dei.ha	appointed times its	H4150 →
וְתֹ֤ר	ve.Tor	and a turtle-dove	H8449 →
וְסִיס֙	ve.sus	and a swift	H5483 →
וְעָג֔וּר	ve.'a.Gur	and a crane	H5693 →
שָׁמְר֖וּ	sha.me.Ru	they keep	H8104 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
עֵ֣ת	'et	[the] time of	H6256 →
בֹּאָ֑נָה	bo.'A.nah	coming they	H935 →
וְעַמִּ֕י	ve.'a.Mi	and people my	H5971 →
לֹ֣א	lo'	not	H3808 →
יָֽדְע֔וּ	ya.de.'U	they know	H3045 →
אֵ֖ת	'et	<obj.>	H853 →
מִשְׁפַּ֥ט	mish.Pat	[the] ordinance of	H4941 →
יְהוָֽה׃	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 1:3
The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master’s manger, but Israel does not know; My people do not understand.”
leads to
- Jeremiah 4:22
  “For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”
- Isaiah 44:18
  They do not comprehend or discern, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see and closed their minds so they cannot understand.
- Isaiah 5:12
  At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work of His hands.
- Matthew 13:13–15
  This is why I speak to them in parables: ‘Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.’
- Psalms 94:8
  Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise?
Through
Isaiah 5:12
At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work of His hands.
leads to
- Psalms 28:5
  Since they show no regard for the works of the LORD or what His hands have done, He will tear them down and never rebuild them.
- Job 34:27
  because they turned aside from Him and had no regard for any of His ways.
- Job 21:11–14
  They send forth their little ones like a flock; their children skip about,

About Jeremiah

The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Jeremiah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Jeremiah