Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird,
who teaches us more than the animals of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?
for their feet run to evil and make haste to shed blood.
And they lie in wait for their own blood; they watch secretly for their own lives.
until a dart strikes through his liver; as a bird hastens to the snare and does not know that it is for his soul.
The ox knows his owner, and the ass his master's crib; but Israel does not know; My people do not understand.
Yea, the stork in the heavens knows her seasons; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow watch the time of their coming; but my people do not know the judgment of Jehovah.