What Does Jeremiah 8:7 Mean?

properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and

“Yea the stork”

the kind (maternal) bird, i.e., a stork

“in the heaven”

the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r

“know”

to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o

“her appointed times”

properly, an appointment, i.e., a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival; conventionally a year; by implication, an assembly (as convened for

“and the turtle”

a ring-dove, often (figuratively) as a term of endearment

“and the crane”

a horse (as leaping)

“and the swallow”

probably the swallow

“observe”

properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“the time”

time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc

“of their coming”

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

“but my people”

a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“know”

to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“not the judgment”

properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind

“of the LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god