4. “Moreover you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord:“Will they fall and not rise?Will one turn away and not return?
5. Why has this people slidden back,Jerusalem, in a perpetual backsliding?They hold fast to deceit,They refuse to return.
6. I listened and heard,But they do not speak aright.No man repented of his wickedness,Saying, ‘What have I done?’Everyone turned to his own course,As the horse rushes into the battle.
7. “Even the stork in the heavensKnows her appointed times;And the turtledove, the swift, and the swallowObserve the time of their coming.But My people do not know the judgment of the Lord.
8. “How can you say, ‘We are wise,And the law of the Lord is with us’?Look, the false pen of the scribe certainly works falsehood.