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Then why has this people turned away?
Why is Jerusalem always turning away?
They hang on to deception
and refuse to let it go.
I have paid attention and listened,
but they do not say what is right.
No one repents of his wickedness.
No one asks, “What have I done?”
Everyone pursues his own course,
    like a horse charging into battle.
Even the stork in the sky knows her seasons.
The turtledove, the swift, and the thrush[a]
    observe the right time for their migration.
But my people do not recognize
    the just judgments of the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 8:7 The precise identification of these species of birds is uncertain.