“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.”
Jeremiah 8:7 (WEB)
Context Reading
5Why then have the people of Jerusalem fallen back by a perpetual backsliding?They cling to deceit.They refuse to return. 6I listened and heard, but they didn’t say what is right.No one repents of his wickedness, saying, “What have I done?”Everyone turns to his course,as a horse that rushes headlong in the battle. 7Yes, 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. 8“‘How do you say, “We are wise, and Yahweh’s law is with us”?But, behold, the false pen of the scribes has made that a lie. 9The wise men are disappointed.They are dismayed and trapped.Behold, they have rejected Yahweh’s word.What kind of wisdom is in them?