¹⁷ Truly, to no purpose is the net stretched out before the eyes of the bird:

¹¹ Who gives us more knowledge than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the heaven?

²³ Like a bird falling into a net; with no thought that his life is in danger, till an arrow goes into his side.

³ Even the ox has knowledge of its owner, and the ass of the place where its master puts its food: but Israel has no knowledge, my people give no thought to me.

⁷ Truly, the stork in the heavens is conscious of her fixed times; the dove and the swallow and the crane keep to the times of their coming; but my people have no knowledge of the law of the Lord.