Jeremiah 8:4-7

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When people fall down, don’t they get up again?
    And when someone goes the wrong way, doesn’t he turn back?
⁵ Why, then, have the people of Jerusalem gone the wrong way
    and not turned back?
They ·believe their own lies [persisted in deceit/treachery]
    and refuse to turn back.
⁶ I have ·listened to them very carefully [paid attention and listened],
    but they do not say what is ·right [honest].
They do not ·feel sorry about their wicked ways [^Lrepent of evil],
    saying, “What have I done?”
Each person ·goes his own way [runs his course],
    like a horse ·charging [plunging] into a battle.
⁷ Even the storks in the ·sky [heavens]
    know ·the right times to do things [their appointed times].
The ·doves [turtledoves], ·swifts [or swallows], and ·thrushes [or cranes]
    ·know [observe] when it is time to ·migrate [return].
But my people don’t know
    ·what the Lord wants them to do [^Lthe ordinances/judgments of the Lord].