Jeremiah 8:7
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Jeremiah 8:7 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Jeremiah 8:7 is a verse from the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time ..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Jeremiah 8:7 — KJV
“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.”
— Jeremiah 8:7 (KJV)
Jeremiah 8:7 in Context — About the Book of Jeremiah
Jeremiah preached for forty years to a nation that would not listen, weeping as Jerusalem fell. Yet from the rubble come some of Scripture's most hopeful promises: plans to prosper and not harm, a new covenant written on hearts, and a God who invites us to call and see great things.
Cross-References for Jeremiah 8:7
“And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, after the houses of our fathers, at times appointed year by year, to burn upon the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the law:”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 8:7: yea, appointed, times
“Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord GOD.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 8:7: yea, times, time
“For the LORD thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years the LORD thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 8:7: yea, knoweth, know
“Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty:”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 8:7: yea, times, time
“For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the LORD thy God hath not suffered thee so to do. possess: or, inherit”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 8:7: times, observe, time
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