Go to the ant, you slacker! Observe its ways and become wise.

it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food during harvest.

The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master's feeding-trough, [but] Israel does not know; My people do not understand."

The blossoms appear in the countryside. The time of singing has come, and the turtledove's cooing is heard in our land.

Then I thought: They are just the poor; they have played the fool. For they don't understand the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.

The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master's feeding-trough, [but] Israel does not know; My people do not understand."

At their feasts they have lyre, harp, tambourine, flute, and wine. They do not perceive the LORD's actions, and they do not see the work of His hands.

Then I thought: They are just the poor; they have played the fool. For they don't understand the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.

I will go to the powerful and speak to them. Surely they know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God. However, these also had broken the yoke and torn off the fetters.