6. I listen to their conversationsand don’t hear a word of truth.Is anyone sorry for doing wrong?Does anyone say, “What a terrible thing I have done”?No! All are running down the path of sinas swiftly as a horse galloping into battle!
7. Even the stork that flies across the skyknows the time of her migration,as do the turtledove, the swallow, and the crane.They all return at the proper time each year.But not my people!They do not know the lord’s laws.
8. “‘How can you say, “We are wise because we have the word of the lord,”when your teachers have twisted it by writing lies?
9. These wise teachers will fallinto the trap of their own foolishness,for they have rejected the word of the lord.Are they so wise after all?
10. I will give their wives to othersand their farms to strangers.From the least to the greatest,their lives are ruled by greed.Yes, even my prophets and priests are like that.They are all frauds.
11. They offer superficial treatmentsfor my people’s mortal wound.They give assurances of peacewhen there is no peace.
12. Are they ashamed of these disgusting actions?Not at all—they don’t even know how to blush!Therefore, they will lie among the slaughtered.They will be brought down when I punish them,says the lord.