 | George Miller - 1826 - 864 pages
...evil, fly To milder regions and a southern iky?" — PRIOR. " Tea, the stork in the heaven Imoweth her appointed times ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their coning." — JEREMIAH, viii. 7. " The lime of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle... | |
 | Congregational churches - 1826 - 590 pages
...have no understanding, yet we are told, " the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times ; that the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow observe the time of their coming ; that the ox knoweth his owner and the ass his master's crib." These aro plain intimations, that there... | |
 | Thomas Shaw B. Reade - 1827 - 484 pages
...his owner, and the ass his master's crib ; tut Israel doth not know, my people do not consider." " The stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times ; and the turtle, and the crane, and we swallow observe the time of their coming ; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord." "Hear... | |
 | Henry Hunter - Bible - 1828 - 356 pages
...know, my people doth not consider.'^ " Yea, the stork in the heaven," saith God by another prophet, " knoweth her appointed times : and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow observe the time of her coining ; but my people know not the judgement of the Lord. "|| Thus, in the passage before us,... | |
 | Children - 1828 - 186 pages
...They have that knowledge which we call instinct. " The stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed time; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their coming." DIALOGUE XXI. OF FISHES. Father. To what shall we next turn oar attention ? Suppose we now take a view... | |
 | Science - 1829 - 426 pages
...commerce." — " The flights of migratory birds have been noticed from the earliest periods. — ' The stork in the Heaven knoweth her appointed times,...crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming ;' and, as if their passage through the air or the structure of their bodies made them sooner perceive... | |
 | Tom Sorell - Philosophy - 1993 - 372 pages
...ass his master's crib; but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider') and Jer. 8: 7 ('Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times;...and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord'), they had to develop a way of dealing with biblical... | |
 | Diane Kelsey McColley - Art - 1993 - 336 pages
...unfavorably with other creatures: "Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord" (Jer. 8:7). More often, the animals illustrate God's... | |
 | Samuel (ha-Nagid) - History - 1996 - 268 pages
...Proverbs 25:15: "And a soft tongue breaketh the bone. . . " 8: Cf. Exodus 4:11. 9: Cf. Jeremiah 8:7: "The stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the swallow and the crane." 10: Literally, "He wanted to say ra (bad) and said to me ga (touch)." 11: Cf.... | |
 | Susan Fenimore Cooper - Nature - 1998 - 381 pages
...wandering of the swallow, which he includes among other migratory birds: "Yea, the stork in the heavens knoweth her appointed times, and the turtle, and the...and the swallow, observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord."-Jer., viii. 7. Indeed, it is but just to the common... | |
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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. 
