Jeremiah 8:5-7

Revised Standard Version

⁵ Why then has this people turned away
    in perpetual backsliding?
They hold fast to deceit,
    they refuse to return.
⁶ I have given heed and listened,
    but they have not spoken aright;
no man repents of his wickedness,
    saying, ‘What have I done?’
Every one turns to his own course,
    like a horse plunging headlong into battle.
⁷ Even the stork in the heavens
    knows her times;
and the turtledove, swallow, and crane^[a]
    keep the time of their coming;
but my people know not
    the ordinance of the Lord.