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.