Jeremiah 8:4–7

4 “You are to say to them: This is what the Lord says:

Do people fall and not get up again?t

If they turn away, do they not return?

5 Why have these people turned away?

Why is Jerusalem always turning away?

They take hold of deceit;u

they refuse to return.v

6 I have paid careful attention.

They do not speak what is right.

No one regrets his evil,

asking, ‘What have I done?’

Everyone has stayed his course

like a horse rushing into battle.w

7 Even storks in the sky

know their seasons.

Turtledoves, swallows, and cranesD

are aware of their migration,

but my people do not know

the requirements of the Lord.x