Jeremiah 8:7 (WEB)
Yes, the stork in the sky knows her appointed times. The turtledove, the swallow, and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my people don’t know the LORD’s law.
Fathers and councils · 3
John Chrysostom
“Yea, for the old covenant likewise sends to the bee, and to the ant,and to the turtle, and to the swallow.” — editor's note: Jer. viii. 7.
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Ephrem the Syrian
“With the swallow and the crow did He put men to shame; with the ox, yea with the ass, did He put them to shame; let the pearl reprove now, O ye birds and things on earth and things below.” — editor's note: Jer. viii. 7.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“The false measurement has been made vain; the scribes are confounded; the wise men have trembled, and been taken, because they have rejected the word of the Lord.”” — editor's note: Jer. viii. 7–9.
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Cross-references · 4
Cited together in The Pearl. Seven Hymns on the Faith Hymn 4.
Cited together in The Pearl. Seven Hymns on the Faith Hymn 4.
Cited together in The Pearl. Seven Hymns on the Faith Hymn 4.
Cited together in The Pearl. Seven Hymns on the Faith Hymn 4.