As the partridge sitteth on egs, and hatcheth them not] Or, gathereth young, which she hath not brought forth. Isaiah 34:15. Either sitteth on the egges of other fowls; which being hatched leave her, and follow their own damme: or, sitteth on egges, but hatcheth them not, being broken by some accident or other, before they can be hatched.
shall leave them in the mist of his dayes] Job 15:22. & Job 22:16. Psal. 49. 11 14. & 55. 23. & 102. 24.
at his end shall be a ool] Having laboured for the wind; taken much pains to no purpose. Psal. 39, 6. Eccl. 4. 8. and 5. 16. Luke 12:20.