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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.(A)
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.(B)

Punishment for Judah’s Leaders

‘How can you claim, “We are wise;
the law of the Lord is with us”?
In fact, the lying pen of scribes(C)
has produced falsehood.

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Footnotes

  1. 8:7 Hb obscure