Jeremiah 8:4-7

International Standard Version

“Will a person fall down and then not get up?
    Will someone turn away^[a] and then not turn back again?^[b]
5 Why has this people turned away?^[c]
    Why does Jerusalem continue in apostasy?
        They hold on to deceit and refuse to repent.
⁶ I’ve listened and I’ve heard,
    and what they say is not right.
No one repents of his evil and says,
    ‘What have I done?’
“They all turn to their own course
    like a horse racing into battle.
⁷ Even the stork in the sky knows its seasons,
    and the dove, the swallow, and the crane observe the time for migration.
But my people don’t know
    the requirements^[d] of the Lord.