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?
10. Therefore I will give their wives to other menand their fields to new owners.From the least to the greatest,all are greedy for gain;prophets and priests alike,all practise deceit.
11. They dress the wound of my peopleas though it were not serious.‘Peace, peace,’ they say,when there is no peace.