Jeremiah

Jeremiah 8:7

⁷Even the stork in the sky

knows her appointed seasons.

The turtledove, the swift, and the thrush^a

keep their time of migration,

but My people do not know

the requirements of the LORD.

Footnotes

a 8:7 The precise identification of some of these birds is uncertain.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Even	גַּם־	gam-	Conjunction	H1571 also, moreover, yea
the stork	חֲסִידָ֣ה	ḥă·sî·ḏāh	Noun - feminine singular	H2624 stork
in the sky	בַשָּׁמַ֗יִם	ḇaš·šā·ma·yim	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine plural	H8064 sky, aloft
knows	יָֽדְעָה֙	yā·ḏə·‘āh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H3045 know
her appointed seasons	מֽוֹעֲדֶ֔יהָ	mō·w·‘ă·ḏe·hā	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person feminine singular	H4150 appointed time, place, meeting
The turtledove	וְתֹ֤ר	wə·ṯōr	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular	H8449 turtle-dove
the swift	וְסוּס	wə·sūs	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H5483 swallow or swift
and the thrush	וְעָג֔וּר	wə·‘ā·ḡūr	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H5693 crane
keep	שָׁמְר֖וּ	šā·mə·rū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H8104 keep, watch, preserve
their time	עֵ֣ת	‘êṯ	Noun - common singular construct	H6256 time
of migration	בֹּאָ֑נָה	bō·’ā·nāh	Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; third person feminine plural	H935 come in, come, go in, go
but My people	וְעַמִּ֕י	wə·‘am·mî	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H5971 people
do not	לֹ֣א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
know	יָֽדְע֔וּ	yā·ḏə·‘ū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H3045 know
the requirements	מִשְׁפַּ֥ט	miš·paṭ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H4941 judgment
of the LORD	יְהוָֽה׃	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Isaiah 1:3 · Jeremiah 5:4–5 · Proverbs 6:6–8 · Isaiah 5:12 · Song of Solomon 2:12

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.