| S. Waring - 1832 - 286 pages
...the instinct with which they are endowed. " 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." We could scarcely see the out-spread wings of the... | |
| Stephen Merrill - 1832 - 472 pages
...wickedness, saying, What have I done ? Every one turned 'to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle. the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming ; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD. 8 How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the... | |
| 1840 - 534 pages
...pleasing art. ON MIGRATION. I. " V r * , the fttort in the heaven knoweth her appointed times ; am the turtle and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their coming." — JEB. viii. 7. " For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone, the time ol the singing... | |
| Charles Lambert Coghlan - 1832 - 488 pages
...See rliap. i. 28 ; ii. 19 ; vii. 8. Hi. Yea, the stork in the heaven knowcth her appointed times ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their coining, but my people know not the judgment of the Lord. Jer. viii. 7- And ye will not come to me,... | |
| James Hogg - 1832 - 428 pages
...MOUNT BENGEK, May 4, 1829. THE LAST STORK. " Yet, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed tjm«: and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time x their coming ; but my people know not the judgment of the LordJEREMIAH, viii. 7. I'VE heard a tale... | |
| Henry Addington Simcoe - 1833 - 300 pages
...disappointment at this very place. THE SWALLOWS. " Vea. the stork in the heaven knowetk her appointed time» ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their coming : but my people know not the judgment of thr Lord." (Jer. viii. 7.) WHERE are the swallows gone ? I... | |
| William Carpenter - 1833 - 420 pages
...there is evidently an allusion in Jer. viii. 7: 'The stork in the heaven knowcth her appointed times; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their coming.' It is also referred to in Cant. ii. 11, 32, where it is recognised as the welcome harbinger of the... | |
| Edward Robinson - 1833 - 384 pages
...decrepitude. The stork is a bird of passage, Jer. 8:7, "The stork in the heavens knoweth her appointed times ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their coming." Moses places it among unclean birds. Lev. 11:19. Deut. 14:18. The psalmist says, 104:17, "As for the... | |
| Sarah Austin - 1833 - 322 pages
...course, as the horse rusheth into battle. 31 Yea, the stork in the heaven kuoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming: but my people know not the judgement of the Lord. 32 How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the... | |
| William Carpenter - 1833 - 420 pages
...is evidently an allusion in Jer. viii. 7 : ' The stork in the heaven knowcth her appointed times ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their coining.' It is also referred to in Cant. ii. 11, 12, where it is recognised as the welcome harbinger... | |
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