Jeremiah 8:7
Even the stork in the heavens knoweth her appointed times, And the turtle and the swallow and the crane, observe the season for coming; But my people know not the just sentence of Yahweh.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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Proverbs 6:6Go to the ant, thou sluggard, observe her ways, and be wise;
Isaiah 1:3An ox knoweth, his owner, And an ass his masters crib,—Israel, doth not know, My people doth not consider.
Jeremiah 4:22Surely, perverse, is my people Me, have they not known, Foolish sons, they are, Yea without understanding, they are: Wise, they are to commit wickedness, But how to do well, they know not!
Jeremiah 5:5I will betake me unto the great men, and will speak, with them! For, they, know the way of Yahweh, the justice of their God! Yea but, they, with one accord have broken the yoke, torn off the bands.
Habakkuk 1:4For which cause, benumbed is the law, and there is never any going forth of justice,—for, the lawless, doth circumvent the righteous, for which cause, justice doth go forth perverted?
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 8:5-13
Full of Impenitent Sinners; Hardened Wickedness of Judah. ( b. c. 606.) 4 Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord ; Shall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return? 5 Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return. 6 I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle. 7 Yea,… Read the whole commentary →