3 Wherever I banish them, all the survivors of this evil nation will prefer death to life, declares the Lord Almighty.”
4 ‘Say to them, “This is what the Lord says:‘ “When people fall down, do they not get up?When someone turns away, do they not return?
5 Why then have these people turned away?Why does Jerusalem always turn away?They cling to deceit;they refuse to return.
6 I have listened attentively,but they do not say what is right.None of them repent of their wickedness,saying, ‘What have I done?’Each pursues their own courselike a horse charging into battle.
7 Even the stork in the skyknows her appointed seasons,and the dove, the swift and the thrushobserve the time of their migration.But my people do not knowthe requirements of the Lord.
8 ‘ “How can you say, ‘We are wise,for we have the law of the Lord,’when actually the lying pen of the scribeshas handled it falsely?
9 The wise will be put to shame;they will be dismayed and trapped.Since they have rejected the word of the Lord,what kind of wisdom do they have?