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But my people do not know the requirements of the LORD. <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/8.htm">New Living Translation</a> Even the stork that flies across the sky knows the time of her migration, as do the turtledove, the swallow, and the crane. They all return at the proper time each year. But not my people! They do not know the LORD’s laws. <a href="/esv/jeremiah/8.htm">English Standard Version</a> Even the stork in the heavens knows her times, and the turtledove, swallow, and crane keep the time of their coming, but my people know not the rules of the LORD. <a href="/bsb/jeremiah/8.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/8.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/8.htm">New King James Version</a> “Even the stork in the heavens Knows her appointed times; And the turtledove, the swift, and the swallow Observe the time of their coming. But My people do not know the judgment of the LORD. <a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/8.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “Even the stork in the sky Knows her seasons; And the turtledove, the swallow, and the crane Keep to the time of their migration; But My people do not know The judgment of the LORD. <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/8.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Even the stork in the sky Knows her seasons; And the turtledove and the swift and the thrush Observe the time of their migration; But My people do not know The ordinance of the LORD. <a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/8.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Even the stork in the sky Knows her seasons; And the turtledove and the swift and the thrush Observe the time of their migration; But My people do not know The ordinance of the LORD. <a href="/lsb/jeremiah/8.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Even the stork in the sky Knows her seasons; And the turtledove and the swift and the crane Keep the time of their migration; But My people do not know The legal judgment of Yahweh. <a href="/amp/jeremiah/8.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “Even the stork in the sky Knows her seasons [of migration], And the turtledove, the swallow and the crane Observe the time of their return. But My people do not know The law of the LORD. <a href="/csb/jeremiah/8.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Even storks in the sky know their seasons. Turtledoves, swallows, and cranes are aware of their migration, but my people do not know the requirements of the LORD. <a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/8.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Even the stork in the sky knows her seasons. The turtledove, swallow, and crane are aware of their migration, but My people do not know the requirements of the LORD. <a href="/asv/jeremiah/8.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/jeremiah/8.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Storks, doves, swallows, and thrushes all know when it's time to fly away for the winter and when to come back. But you, my people, don't know what I demand. <a href="/erv/jeremiah/8.htm">English Revised Version</a> Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the ordinance of the LORD. <a href="/gwt/jeremiah/8.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Even storks know when it's time to return. Mourning doves, swallows, and cranes know when it's time to migrate. But my people don't know that I, the LORD, am urging them to return. <a href="/gnt/jeremiah/8.htm">Good News Translation</a> Even storks know when it is time to return; doves, swallows, and thrushes know when it is time to migrate. But, my people, you do not know the laws by which I rule you. <a href="/isv/jeremiah/8.htm">International Standard Version</a> Even the stork in the sky knows its seasons, and the dove, the swallow, and the crane observe the time for migration. But my people don't know the requirements of the LORD. <a href="/msb/jeremiah/8.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/net/jeremiah/8.htm">NET Bible</a> Even the stork knows when it is time to move on. The turtledove, swallow, and crane recognize the normal times for their migration. But my people pay no attention to what I, the LORD, require of them. <a href="/nheb/jeremiah/8.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Yes, the stork in the sky knows her appointed times; and the turtledove and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my people do not know the LORD's law. <a href="/wbt/jeremiah/8.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Yes, 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. <a href="/web/jeremiah/8.htm">World English Bible</a> Yes, the stork in the sky knows her appointed times. The turtledove, the swallow, and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my people don’t know Yahweh’s law. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/8.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Even a stork in the heavens has known her seasons, "" And turtle, and swallow, and crane, "" Have watched the time of their coming, "" And—My people have not known the judgment of YHWH. <a href="/ylt/jeremiah/8.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Even a stork in the heavens hath known her seasons, And turtle, and swallow, and crane, Have watched the time of their coming, And -- My people have not known the judgment of Jehovah. <a href="/slt/jeremiah/8.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Also the stork in the heavens knew her appointment; and the turtle-dove, and the swallow, and the twitterer watched the time of their coming; and my people knew not the judgment of Jehovah.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/jeremiah/8.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> 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. <a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/8.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> The hawk in the heavens has known her time. The turtledove, and the swallow, and the stork have kept the time of their arrival. But my people have not known the judgment of the Lord. <a href="/nabre/jeremiah/8.htm">New American Bible</a> Even the stork in the sky knows its seasons; Turtledove, swift, and thrush observe the time of their return, But my people do not know the order of the LORD. <a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/8.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Even the stork in the heavens knows its times; and the turtledove, swallow, and crane observe the time of their coming; but my people do not know the ordinance of the LORD.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/8.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Yea, the stork in the sky knows her appointed times; and the turtle-dove and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD. <a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/8.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Also a stork in the sky knows her time, and a pigeon and a crane and a swallow keep the time of LORD JEHOVAH, and my people have not known the judgment of LORD JEHOVAH<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/jeremiah/8.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Yea, the stork in the heaven Knoweth her appointed times; And the turtle and the swallow and the crane Observe the time of their coming; But My people know not The ordinance of the LORD. <a href="/sep/jeremiah/8.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Yea, the stork in the heaven knows her time, also the turtle-dove and wild swallow; the sparrows observe the times of their coming in; but this my people knows not the judgments of the Lord. <a href="/parallel/jeremiah/8-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=2538" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/8.htm">Judah's Sin and Punishment</a> …6I have listened and heard; they do not speak what is right. No one repents of his wickedness, asking, ‘What have I done?’ Everyone has pursued his own course like a horse charging into battle. 7<a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571: gam- (Conj) -- Also, moreover, yea. ">Even</a> <a href="/hebrew/2624.htm" title="2624: ḥă·sî·ḏāh (N-fs) -- Stork. Feminine of chaciyd; the kind bird, i.e. A stork.">the stork</a> <a href="/hebrew/8064.htm" title="8064: ḇaš·šā·ma·yim (Prep-b, Art:: N-mp) -- Heaven, sky. Dual of an unused singular shameh; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky.">in the sky</a> <a href="/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045: yā·ḏə·‘āh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- A primitive root; to know; used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially.">knows</a> <a href="/hebrew/4150.htm" title="4150: mō·w·‘ă·ḏe·hā (N-mpc:: 3fs) -- Appointed time, place, or meeting. ">her appointed seasons.</a> <a href="/hebrew/8449.htm" title="8449: wə·ṯōr (Conj-w:: N-fs) -- Turtledove. Or tor; probably the same as towr; a ring-dove, often as a term of endearment.">The turtledove,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5483.htm" title="5483: wə·sūs (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- A swallow, swift (type of bird). Or cuc; from an unused root meaning to skip; a horse; also a swallow.">the swift,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5693.htm" title="5693: wə·‘ā·ḡūr (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- (a kind of bird) perhaps a crane. Passive part of an unused root meaning to twitter: probably the swallow.">and the thrush</a> <a href="/hebrew/8104.htm" title="8104: šā·mə·rū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To keep, watch, preserve. A primitive root; properly, to hedge about, i.e. Guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.">keep</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6256.htm" title="6256: ‘êṯ (N-csc) -- Time. From ad; time, especially now, when, etc.">their time</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: bō·’ā·nāh (V-Qal-Inf:: 3fp) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">of migration,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: wə·‘am·mî (Conj-w:: N-msc:: 1cs) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">but My people</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">do not</a> <a href="/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045: yā·ḏə·‘ū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- A primitive root; to know; used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially.">know</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’êṯ (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4941.htm" title="4941: miš·paṭ (N-msc) -- Judgment. ">the requirements</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">of the LORD.</a> 8How can you say, ‘We are wise, and the Law of the LORD is with us,’ when in fact the lying pen of the scribes has produced a deception?…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/isaiah/1-3.htm">Isaiah 1:3</a> The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master’s manger, but Israel does not know; My people do not understand.” <a href="/hosea/4-6.htm">Hosea 4:6</a> My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children. <a href="/matthew/16-3.htm">Matthew 16:3</a> and in the morning, ‘Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but not the signs of the times. <a href="/luke/12-56.htm">Luke 12:56</a> You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and sky. Why don’t you know how to interpret the present time? <a href="/job/12-7.htm">Job 12:7-9</a> But ask the animals, and they will instruct you; ask the birds of the air, and they will tell you. / Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; let the fish of the sea inform you. / Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this? <a href="/isaiah/5-12.htm">Isaiah 5:12</a> 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. <a href="/romans/1-20.htm">Romans 1:20-21</a> For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from His workmanship, so that men are without excuse. / For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts. <a href="/matthew/11-25.htm">Matthew 11:25</a> At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. <a href="/isaiah/11-3.htm">Isaiah 11:3-4</a> And He will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what His eyes see, and He will not decide by what His ears hear, / but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the wicked with the breath of His lips. <a href="/ezekiel/7-26.htm">Ezekiel 7:26</a> Disaster upon disaster will come, and rumor after rumor. Then they will seek a vision from a prophet, but instruction from the priests will perish, as will counsel from the elders. <a href="/1_corinthians/2-14.htm">1 Corinthians 2:14</a> The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned. <a href="/isaiah/42-18.htm">Isaiah 42:18-20</a> Listen, you deaf ones; look, you blind ones, that you may see! / Who is blind but My servant, or deaf like the messenger I am sending? Who is blind like My covenant partner, or blind like the servant of the LORD? / Though seeing many things, you do not keep watch. Though your ears are open, you do not hear.” <a href="/john/3-10.htm">John 3:10</a> “You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and you do not understand these things? <a href="/hosea/8-12.htm">Hosea 8:12</a> Though I wrote for them the great things of My law, they regarded them as something strange. <a href="/2_timothy/3-7.htm">2 Timothy 3:7</a> who are always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Yes, the stork in the heaven knows 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.stork.<a href="/proverbs/6-6.htm">Proverbs 6:6-8</a> Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: … <a href="/isaiah/1-3.htm">Isaiah 1:3</a> The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.turtle.<a href="/songs/2-12.htm">Song of Solomon 2:12</a> The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;people.<a href="/jeremiah/5-4.htm">Jeremiah 5:4</a> Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God.<a href="/isaiah/1-3.htm">Isaiah 1:3</a> The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.<a href="/isaiah/5-12.htm">Isaiah 5:12</a> And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.know.<a href="/jeremiah/5-4.htm">Jeremiah 5:4,5</a> Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/6-17.htm">Appointed</a> <a href="/songs/6-12.htm">Conscious</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-14.htm">Crane</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-14.htm">Dove</a> <a href="/isaiah/56-4.htm">Fixed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-2.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-5.htm">Judgment</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-19.htm">Law</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-27.htm">Observe</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-22.htm">Ordinance</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-4.htm">Requirements</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-14.htm">Seasons</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-2.htm">Sky</a> <a href="/psalms/104-17.htm">Stork</a> <a href="/isaiah/42-14.htm">Swallow</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-23.htm">Swift</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-1.htm">Time</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-7.htm">Times</a> <a href="/songs/2-12.htm">Turtle</a> <a href="/songs/2-12.htm">Turtledove</a> <a href="/songs/2-12.htm">Turtle-Dove</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/5-8.htm">Watched</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/25-12.htm">Appointed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-18.htm">Conscious</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-14.htm">Crane</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-28.htm">Dove</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-17.htm">Fixed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-2.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-24.htm">Judgment</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-8.htm">Law</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-9.htm">Observe</a> <a href="/ezekiel/45-14.htm">Ordinance</a> <a href="/zechariah/3-7.htm">Requirements</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-38.htm">Seasons</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-10.htm">Sky</a> <a href="/zechariah/5-9.htm">Stork</a> <a href="/hosea/8-7.htm">Swallow</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-6.htm">Swift</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-12.htm">Time</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-8.htm">Times</a> <a href="/luke/2-24.htm">Turtle</a> <a href="/genesis/15-9.htm">Turtledove</a> <a href="/genesis/15-9.htm">Turtle-Dove</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-10.htm">Watched</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 8</div>1. <a href="/jeremiah/8-1.htm">The calamity of the Jews, both dead and alive.</a> 4. <a href="/jeremiah/8-4.htm">He upbraids their foolish and shameless impenitency.</a> 13. <a href="/jeremiah/8-13.htm">He shows their grievous judgment;</a> 18. <a href="/jeremiah/8-18.htm">and bewails their desperate estate.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The stork is a migratory bird known for its regular and predictable patterns of movement. In the biblical context, the stork's ability to discern the times and seasons is a natural instinct given by God. This highlights the order and wisdom in creation, as seen in <a href="/genesis/1.htm">Genesis 1</a>. The stork's migration is a metaphor for understanding and obedience to God's timing and purposes, contrasting with the spiritual ignorance of the people of Judah.The turtledove, the swift, and the thrush keep their time of migration, These birds, like the stork, are known for their migratory habits. The turtledove is often associated with peace and is mentioned in <a href="/songs/2-12.htm">Song of Solomon 2:12</a> as a sign of spring. The swift and the thrush are also migratory, emphasizing the natural world's adherence to God's ordained cycles. This serves as a rebuke to the people of Judah, who fail to recognize and follow God's laws and timing, despite the clear example set by nature.but My people do not know the requirements of the LORD. This phrase underscores the spiritual blindness and disobedience of the people of Judah. Despite having the Law and the prophets, they fail to understand and live by God's commandments. This ignorance is not due to a lack of information but a willful rejection of God's guidance, as seen in <a href="/hosea/4-6.htm">Hosea 4:6</a>, where God laments that His people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. The contrast with the birds highlights the irony that creatures without the capacity for reason follow God's order, while His chosen people do not. This failure to know God's requirements foreshadows the coming judgment and exile, yet also points to the need for a Savior who perfectly fulfills God's law, as seen in the life and work of Jesus Christ.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a> A prophet called by God to deliver messages of warning and hope to the people of Judah. His ministry spanned the reigns of several kings and was marked by his deep emotional connection to his people and his unwavering commitment to God's truth. 2. <a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a> The southern kingdom of Israel, which was facing impending judgment due to its persistent disobedience and idolatry. Jeremiah's prophecies were directed primarily at this kingdom. 3. <a href="/topical/s/stork,_turtledove,_swift,_thrush.htm">Stork, Turtledove, Swift, Thrush</a> Birds mentioned in this verse, symbolizing the natural order and instinctual obedience to God's creation. They serve as a contrast to the people of Judah, who fail to recognize and follow God's laws. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD</a> The covenant God of Israel, who desires His people to know and follow His requirements. His relationship with Israel is central to the message of Jeremiah. 5. <a href="/topical/m/migration.htm">Migration</a> The natural, God-ordained process by which birds move from one region to another according to the seasons. This serves as a metaphor for understanding and obeying God's timing and commands.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/r/recognizing_god's_order.htm">Recognizing God's Order</a> Just as birds instinctively follow their migratory patterns, believers are called to recognize and adhere to God's divine order and timing in their lives. <a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_spiritual_ignorance.htm">The Danger of Spiritual Ignorance</a> Ignorance of God's requirements leads to spiritual peril. It is crucial for believers to seek knowledge and understanding of God's Word. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_obedience.htm">The Importance of Obedience</a> The natural world obeys God's commands without question. Believers should strive for the same level of obedience in their spiritual walk. <a href="/topical/r/reflecting_on_god's_faithfulness.htm">Reflecting on God's Faithfulness</a> The regularity of the seasons and migration patterns reflects God's faithfulness. Believers can trust in His consistent nature and promises. <a href="/topical/c/cultivating_spiritual_awareness.htm">Cultivating Spiritual Awareness</a> Just as birds are aware of their seasons, Christians should cultivate spiritual awareness and sensitivity to God's leading and timing.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_8.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 8</a> <a href="/q/have_you_remembered_the_lord_today.htm">What did Jesus inscribe in the sand?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_jer_8_13_align_with_god's_promises.htm">How is God's statement in Jeremiah 8:13 that He will take away the harvest reconciled with other passages promising provision and protection for the faithful?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_jeremiah_8_7_compare_human_wisdom_to_bird_migration.htm">Why does Jeremiah 8:7 attribute a deeper wisdom to storks, swallows, and cranes than to humans, and is there any scientific basis for comparing human spiritual insight to bird migration patterns?</a> <a href="/q/is_jesus_interceding_in_heaven_now.htm">Is Jesus currently interceding for humanity in heaven?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/8.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(7) The stork in the heaven.--The eye of the prophet looked on nature at once with the quick observation of one who is alive to all her changes, and with the profound thought of a poet finding inner meanings in all phenomena. The birds of the air obey their instincts as the law of their nature. Israel, with its fatal gift of freedom, resists that which is its law of life. The stork arrives in Palestine in March, and leaves for the north of Europe in April or May. The Hebrew name, chasideh (literally, the pious bird), indicating its care for its young, is suggestive, as also is the phrase "in the heavens," as applied to its characteristic mode of flight. The turtle-dove appears at the approach of spring (Song <a href="/songs/2-12.htm" title="The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;">Song of Solomon 2:12</a>).The crane and the swallow.--In the judgment of Tristram and other modern naturalists, the words should change places, and perhaps "swift" take the place of swallow. The word for "swallow" in <a href="/psalms/84-3.htm" title="Yes, the sparrow has found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even your altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.">Psalm 84:3</a> is different. The same combination meets us in <a href="/isaiah/38-14.htm" title="Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: my eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.">Isaiah 38:14</a>.Judgment.--Better, perhaps, ordinance, the appointed rule of life which brute creatures obey and man transgresses.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/8.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 7. - The appeal to the regularity of animal instincts reminds us of <a href="/isaiah/1-3.htm">Isaiah 1:3</a>. Yea, the stork, etc. The minatory birds obey their instinct with the most unfailing regularity. Those referred to are: (1) the stork, whose "regular and sudden return is one of the most interesting natural sights of Palestine. The expression 'stork in the heavens' refers to the immense height at which they fly during migration" (Tristram); (2) the turtle, or turtle-dove, whose return is the sure sign of spring (<a href="/songs/2-11.htm">Song of Solomon 2:11</a>); (3 and 4) the crane and the swallow, or rather, "the swift and the crane." These birds are again mentioned together in <a href="/isaiah/38-14.htm">Isaiah 38:14</a> (the psalm of Hezekiah), where special reference is made to the penetrating quality of their note. "The whooping or trumpeting of the crane rings through the night air in spring, and the vast flocks which we noticed passing north near Beersheba were a wonderful sight." The introduction of the swallow in the Authorized Version is misleading, as that bird is not a regular migrant in Palestine. The note of the swift is a shrill scream. "No bird is more conspicuous by the suddenness of its return than the swift," is the remark of Canon Tristram, who saw large flocks passing northwards over Jerusalem, on the 12th of February ('Nat. Hist. of Bible,' p. 208). It is an interesting fact that the swift bears the same name (sus) in the vernacular Arabic as in the Hebrew of Jeremiah. The judgment; better, the law (see on Jeremiah 5:4). <a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/8-7.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Even גַּם־ (gam-) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1571.htm">Strong's 1571: </a> Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and the stork חֲסִידָ֣ה (ḥă·sî·ḏāh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2624.htm">Strong's 2624: </a> The kind, bird, a stork in the sky בַשָּׁמַ֗יִם (ḇaš·šā·ma·yim) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8064.htm">Strong's 8064: </a> Heaven, sky knows יָֽדְעָה֙ (yā·ḏə·‘āh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3045.htm">Strong's 3045: </a> To know her appointed seasons. מֽוֹעֲדֶ֔יהָ (mō·w·‘ă·ḏe·hā) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4150.htm">Strong's 4150: </a> Appointed time, place, or meeting The turtledove, וְתֹ֤ר (wə·ṯōr) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8449.htm">Strong's 8449: </a> A ring-dove, a term of endearment the swift, וְסִיס֙ (wə·sîs) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5483.htm">Strong's 5483: </a> A swallow, swift (type of bird) and the thrush וְעָג֔וּר (wə·‘ā·ḡūr) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5693.htm">Strong's 5693: </a> (a kind of bird) perhaps a crane observe שָׁמְר֖וּ (šā·mə·rū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8104.htm">Strong's 8104: </a> To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to their time עֵ֣ת (‘êṯ) Noun - common singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6256.htm">Strong's 6256: </a> Time, now, when of migration, בֹּאָ֑נָה (bō·’ā·nāh) Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go but My people וְעַמִּ֕י (wə·‘am·mî) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock do not לֹ֣א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no know יָֽדְע֔וּ (yā·ḏə·‘ū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3045.htm">Strong's 3045: </a> To know the requirements מִשְׁפַּ֥ט (miš·paṭ) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4941.htm">Strong's 4941: </a> A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style of the LORD. יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/8-7.htm">Jeremiah 8:7 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/8-7.htm">Jeremiah 8:7 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/jeremiah/8-7.htm">Jeremiah 8:7 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/8-7.htm">Jeremiah 8:7 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/8-7.htm">Jeremiah 8:7 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/8-7.htm">Jeremiah 8:7 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/8-7.htm">Jeremiah 8:7 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/8-7.htm">Jeremiah 8:7 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/8-7.htm">Jeremiah 8:7 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/jeremiah/8-7.htm">Jeremiah 8:7 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-7.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 8:7 Yes the stork in the sky knows (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/8-6.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 8:6"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 8:6" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/8-8.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 8:8"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 8:8" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>