3 Death will be chosen rather than life by all the residue that remain of this evil family, that remain in all the places where I have driven them,” says the Lord of Hosts.
4 “Moreover you shall tell them, ‘the Lord says:“‘Do men fall, and not rise up again?Does one turn away, and not return?
5 Why then have the people of Jerusalem fallen back by a perpetual backsliding?They cling to deceit.They refuse to return.
6 I listened and heard, but they didn’t say what is right.No one repents of his wickedness, saying, “What have I done?”Everyone turns to his course,as a horse that rushes headlong in the battle.
7 Yes, the stork in the sky knows her appointed times.The turtledove, the swallow, and the crane observe the time of their coming;but my people don’t know the Lord’s law.
8 “‘How do you say, “We are wise, and the Lord’s law is with us?”But, behold, the false pen of the scribes has worked falsely.
9 The wise men are disappointed.They are dismayed and trapped.Behold, they have rejected the Lord’s word.What kind of wisdom is in them?