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

provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.

The ox knows his owner, and the ass his master's manger, but Israel does not know; My people have not discerned.

The flowers appear on the earth; the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.

So I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish; for they do not know the way of Jehovah, nor the judgment of their God.

The ox knows his owner, and the ass his master's manger, but Israel does not know; My people have not discerned.

And the lute, and the harp, the tambourine, and pipe, and wine, are at their feasts; but they do not regard the work of Jehovah, neither do they give attention to the work of His hands.

So I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish; for they do not know the way of Jehovah, nor the judgment of their God.

I will go to the great men, and will speak to them; for they have known the way of Jehovah and the judgment of their God. But these have broken the yoke together and have torn off the bonds!