Jeremiah 8:4-7

World English Bible

“‘Do men fall, and not rise up again?
    Does one turn away, and not return?
⁵ Why then have the people of Jerusalem fallen back by a perpetual backsliding?
    They cling to deceit.
    They refuse to return.
⁶ I listened and heard, but they didn’t say what is right.
    No one repents of his wickedness, saying, “What have I done?”
Everyone turns to his course,
    as a horse that rushes headlong in the battle.
⁷ Yes, the stork in the sky knows her appointed times.
    The turtledove, the swallow, and the crane observe the time of their coming;
    but my people don’t know Yahweh’s law.