 | Anne Pratt - 1799 - 200 sider
...the instructed man. " Yea," says the prophet, " the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times ; and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming ; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord." * Alas ! it is not alone to ancient Israel that... | |
 | Christoph Christian Sturm - 1800 - 308 sider
...know exactly the time when they ought to return. " The stork in the heavens knoweth her appoint" ed time ; and: the turtle,- and the crane,. and the " swallow, observe the time of their .coming." — Undoubtedly the temperature of the air,. in respect to heat and cold, and the natural inclination... | |
 | 1806 - 504 sider
...wickedness, saying, •what have I done ? Yea, the stork in the heavens 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." " When the judgments of the Lord are in the earth,... | |
 | Thomas Smith - 1803 - 420 sider
...powerful instinct impressed by the Creator, whereby " the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times, and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow observe the time of their coming*." AB the migration of birds constitutes a very curious article of natural history, our readers probably... | |
 | William Smith - 1803 - 584 sider
...even more stupid than the brute creation " For ihe 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 judgments of the Lord," nor regard the merciful visitations of my power!... | |
 | Alexander Hunter - 1803 - 590 sider
...rational. In the sacred history we are told, that the Slork in the heavens knmceth her appointed times ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their comings and we are reminded that the leafing of the fig-tree usually determines the approach of summer.... | |
 | 1810 - 544 sider
...(ht/Oreator and the littleness of man. Yea, the stork iu the Heavens knoweih her appointed times>; and (he turtle, and the crane, and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord. Tell me, ye sages,, who pretend to penetrate mto the... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 474 sider
...without considering or fearing his danger. 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 ; they return in the summer to their former abodes ; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD... | |
 | Christoph Christian Sturm - 1808 - 300 sider
...are particularly remarkable. The first is, that they know the exact period when they are to remove. " The stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed time...and the swallow observe the time of their coming." (Jer. viii. 7.) No doubt, some variation in the temperature of the air, and their natural instinct... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 562 sider
...actions and their use ! The stork in the heaven, saith thy prophet Jeremy, knmceth her appointed times, and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow observe the time of their coming ; Jer. viii. 1. Who have seen the stork *, before the calends of August; or a swallow, in the winter?... | |
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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. 
