Jeremiah 8:7

Jeremiah 8:7. Yea, the stork in the heaven— "These birds know by natural instinct the seasons when to return to the places of their former abode; whereas this people never think of returning to their former and only true God." The sacred writers often send men to the brute creation for instruction, in order to upbraid their stupidity. See particularly Isa 1:3 and Scheuchzer's Physique Sacree, tom. 7: p. 297 for an account of these birds of passage. Houbigant renders the last clause, But my people know not the accustomed ways of the Lord, see Pro 2:8 meaning the ways of divine providence, or the course of things whereby God governs the world.