Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) by Daves BirdingPix

Storks, doves, swallows, and thrushes all know when it’s time to fly away for the winter and when to come back. But you, my people, don’t know what I demand. (Jeremiah 8:7 CEV)

I recently added the Birds of the Bible – Thrushes page. It now appears in the Sidebar and in the Birds of the Bible List. While comparing the Scripture on Jeremiah 8:7, I decided that the Thrushes deserved to be a Bird of the Bible on this blog. As you know, all birds are “Birds of the Bible,” because the Lord created them all. Mainly the ones named in particular have been given their own page. Since Jeremiah 8:7 is translated “thrush” in six Bible versions, it now has its own page.

So God created great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters abounded, according to their kind, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. (Genesis 1:21 NKJV)

Here is part of the new Birds of the Bible – Thrushes page:

CLASS – AVES, Order – PASSERIFORMES, Family:

Turdidae – Thrushes

Muscicapidae – has Palm & Rock Thrushes

Other Families with Thrushes:

Formicariidae – Antthrushes – Antthrushes

Pachycephalidae – Whistlers and Allies – Shrikethrushes

Psophodidae – Whipbirds, Jewel-babblers, quail-thrushes – Quail-thrushes

Not all versions of the Bible list the Thrush in this verse, but because so many versions do, the Thrush is being added to the Birds of the Bible. The following versions and the verse are listed below:

(CEV) Storks, doves, swallows, and thrushes all know when it’s time to fly away for the winter and when to come back. But you, my people, don’t know what I demand.
(ERV) Even the birds in the sky know the right time to do things. The storks, doves, swifts, and thrushes know when it is time to fly to a new home. But my people don’t know what the LORD wants them to do.
(GNB) Even storks know when it is time to return; doves, swallows, and thrushes know when it is time to migrate. But, my people, you do not know the laws by which I rule you.
(LITV) Also the stork in the heavens knows her seasons, and the turtledove and the swallow and the thrush observe the time of their coming. But My people do not know the judgment of Jehovah.
(NAS77) “Even the stork in the sky Knows her seasons; And the turtledove and the swift and the thrush Observe the time of their migration; But My people do not know The ordinance of the LORD.
(NASB) “Even the stork in the sky Knows her seasons; And the turtledove and the swift and the thrush Observe the time of their migration; But My people do not know The ordinance of the LORD.

See also the following articles:

Birds of the Bible – The Thrush

Birds of the Bible – Thrushes II (this article)

Birds in Hymns – How Great Thou Art

Birds in Hymns – The Bird With The Broken Wing

When The Robins Came by Dorothy Belle Malcolm

Return of the Robins by Dorothy Belle Malcolm

Ian’s Bird of the Week – Bassian Thrush

The Mountain Bluebird – The Zealous Bridegroom.. by a j mithra

A video by Nick Talbot of a Song Thrush singing.

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