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.
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The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
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. …
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: …
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.
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;
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 4-12)The prophet here is instructed to set before this people the folly of their impenitence, which was it that brought this ruin upon them. They are here represented as the most stupid senseless people in the world, that would not be made wise by all the methods that Infinite Wisdom took to bring them to themselves and their right mind, and so to prevent the ruin that was coming upon them. I. They wou…
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