6. I have paid attention and listened,but they weren’t honest.They don’t turn away from their wickedness and ask,“What have we done?”They go their own ways like horses charging into battle.
7. Even storks know when it’s time to return.Mourning doves, swallows, and cranes knowwhen it’s time to migrate.But my people don’t knowthat I, the Lord, am urging them to return.
8. “‘How can you say that you are wiseand that you have the Lord’s teachings?The scribes have used their pens to turn these teachings into lies.
9. Wise people are put to shame, confused, and trapped.They have rejected the word of the Lord.They don’t really have any wisdom.
10. That is why I will give their wives to other menand their fields to new owners.All of them, from the least important to the most important,are eager to make money dishonestly.All of them, from prophets to priests, act deceitfully.
11. They treat my dear people’s woundsas though they were not serious, saying,“Everything is alright! Everything is alright!”But it’s not alright.