In vain a net is spread right under the eyes of any bird—
Teaches us more than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?”
[For their feet run to evil, they hasten to shed blood.]
They lie in wait for their own blood, they set a trap for their own lives.
till an arrow pierces its liver; Like a bird that rushes into a snare, unaware that his life is at stake.
An ox knows its owner, and an ass, its master’s manger; But Israel does not know, my people has not understood.
Even the stork in the sky knows its seasons; Turtledove, swift, and thrush observe the time of their return, But my people do not know the order of the Lord.