Study it in the app“Even the stork in the heavens knows her appointed times, and the turtledove and the swallow and the crane keep the time of their coming, but my people do not know the justice of YHWH.”
Evenגַּםthe storkחֲסִידָהin the heavensבַשָּׁמַיִםknowsיָדְעָהher appointed times,מוֹעֲדֶיהָand the turtledoveוְתֹרand the swallowוְסִיסand the craneוְעָגוּרkeepשָׁמְרוּthe timeאֶת עֵתof their coming,בֹּאָנָהbut my peopleוְעַמִּיdo notלֹאknowיָדְעוּthe justiceאֵת מִשְׁפַּטof YHWH.יְהוָה
stork
Stork.
Where else “chasida” appearssky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appearsknow
To know something, realize.
Where else “yada” appearsappointed time
A date fixed beforehand.
Where else “moade” appearsturtledove
Turtledove.
Where else “tor” appearsswallow
Another word spelled the same: a small fast-flying bird.
Where else “sis” appearsswallow? crane? (uncertain)
A bird; the identification is uncertain (crane or swallow).
Where else “agur” appearskeep
To obey the covenant or the commands.
Where else “shamru” appearstime
The moment at which something happens; also "at that time".
Where else “et” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “boa” appearsAmmi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “ami” appearsjustice
What is right and fair.
Where else “mishpat” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears6I have paid attention and listened, but they do not speak what is right; no man repents of his evil, saying, “What have I done?” Everyone turns in his course, like a horse rushing into battle.
7 · This verse (above)
8How can you say, “We are wise, and the instruction of YHWH is with us”? Surely, look, for falsehood it has been made by the lying pen of the scribes.
