Jeremiah 8:5-7

New Century Version

⁵ Why, then, have the people of Jerusalem gone the wrong way
    and not turned back?
They believe their own lies
    and refuse to turn around and come back.
⁶ I have listened to them very carefully,
    but they do not say what is right.
They do not feel sorry about their wicked ways,
    saying, “What have I done?”
Each person goes his own way,
    like a horse charging into a battle.
⁷ Even the birds in the sky
    know the right times to do things.
The storks, doves, swifts, and thrushes
    know when it is time to migrate.
But my people don’t know
    what the Lord wants them to do.