Jeremiah 8:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

knoweth. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), for the effect of acting on the knowledge.

turtle. turtle-dove.

Jeremiah 8:7

7 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.