4 “You are to say to them: This is what the Lord says:Do people fall and not get up again? If they turn away, do they not return?
5 Why have these people turned away?Why is Jerusalem always turning away?They take hold of deceit; they refuse to return.
6 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 courselike a horse rushing into battle.
7 Even the stork in the skyknows her seasons.The turtledove, swallow, and crane are aware of their migration,but My people do not knowthe requirements of the Lord.
8 “How can you claim, ‘We are wise;the law of the Lord is with us’?In fact, the lying pen of scribes has produced falsehood.
9 The wise will be put to shame;they will be dismayed and snared.They have rejected the word of the Lord, so what wisdom do they really have?
10 Therefore, I will give their wives to other men,their fields to new occupants,for from the least to the greatest, everyone is making profit dishonestly.From prophet to priest,everyone deals falsely.