Indeed,it is uselessto spreadthe [baited] netIn the sightof anybird;
Who teachesus morethanthe beastsof the earthAnd makesus wiserthanthe birdsof the heavens?'
For their feetrunto evilAnd they hastento shedblood.
But they liein waitfor their own blood;They ambushtheir own lives.
Untilan arrowpiercesthroughhis liver;As a birdhastensto the snare,So he does not knowthat it [will cost him] his life.
"An oxknowsits owner,And a donkeyits master'smanger,[But] Israeldoes not know,My peopledo not understand."
"Eventhe storkin the skyKnowsher seasons;And the turtledoveand the swiftand the thrushObservethe timeof their migration;But My peopledo not knowThe ordinanceof the LORD.
