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11 When its (A)limbs are dry, they are broken off;
Women come and light a fire with them,
For they are not a people of (B)discernment,
Therefore (C)their Maker (D)will not have compassion on them.
And their Creator will not be gracious to them.

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Even the stork in the sky
(A)Knows her seasons;
And the (B)turtledove and the swift and the crane
Keep the time of their [a]migration;
But (C)My people do not know
The legal judgment of Yahweh.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 8:7 Lit coming

(A)My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.
Because you have (B)rejected knowledge,
I also will (C)reject you from ministering as My priest.
Since you have (D)forgotten the (E)law of your God,
I Myself also will forget your children.

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