7 Even storks in the sky

know their seasons.

Turtledoves, swallows, and cranesG

are aware of their migration,

but my people do not know

the requirements of the Lord.x

PUNISHMENT FOR JUDAH’S LEADERS

8 “How can you claim, ‘We are wise;

the law of the Lord is with us’?

In fact, the lying pen of scribesy

has produced falsehood.

9 The wise will be put to shame;

they will be dismayed and snared.

They have rejected the word of the Lord,z

so what wisdom do they really have?