Jeremiah 8:5-7

Easy-to-Read Version

⁵ The people of Judah went the wrong way.
    But why do the people of Jerusalem continue going the wrong way?
They believe their own lies.
    They refuse to turn around and come back.
⁶ I have listened to them very carefully,
    but they don’t say what is right.
They are not sorry for their sins.
    They don’t think about the evil they have done.
They do things without thinking.
    They are like horses running into a battle.
⁷ Even the birds in the sky
    know the right time to do things.
The storks, doves, swifts, and thrushes
    know when it is time to fly to a new home.
But my people don’t know
    what the Lord wants them to do.