Jeremiah 8:5-7

New Catholic Bible

⁵ Why then do these people continue to rebel
    and persist in their obstinate infidelity?
Why do they continue in their treachery
    and refuse to turn back?
⁶ I have listened to them attentively
    but they never utter a truthful word.
Not a single one repents of his wickedness,
    saying, “What have I done?”
All of them continue to follow the same course
    like a horse charging into battle.
⁷ Even the stork in the sky
    knows its appointed seasons;
turtledoves, swallows, and cranes
    are aware when it is time to migrate.
But my people do not know
    the ordinances of the Lord.