Why have these people turned away?
Why is Jerusalem always turning away?
They take hold of deceit;(A)
they refuse to return.(B)
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.(C)
Even storks in the sky
know their seasons.
Turtledoves, swallows, and cranes[a]
are aware of their migration,
but my people do not know
the requirements of the Lord.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 8:7 Hb obscure

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