⁷ Yes, the stork in the sky knows her appointed times; and the turtle-dove and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my people don't know Yahweh's law.

³ The ox knows his owner, And the donkey his master's crib; But Israel doesn't know, My people don't consider.

¹² The flowers appear on the earth; The time of the singing has come, And the voice of the turtle-dove is heard in our land.

⁴ Then I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish; for they don't know the way of Yahweh, nor the law of their God:

⁵ I will get me to the great men, and will speak to them; for they know the way of Yahweh, and the law of their God. But these with one accord have broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.

⁶ Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;

⁷ Which having no chief, overseer, or ruler,

⁸ Provides her bread in the summer, And gathers her food in the harvest.

¹² The harp, lyre, tambourine, and flute, with wine, are at their feasts; But they don't regard the work of Yahweh, Neither have they considered the operation of his hands.