Jeremiah 8:4-12

4“You shall say to them, ‘This is what the Lord says: “Do people 1fall and not get up? Does one turn away and not 2repent?5Why has this people, Jerusalem, 3Turned away in continual apostasy? They 4hold on to deceit, They 5refuse to return.6I 6have listened and heard, They have spoken what is not right; 7No one repented of his wickedness, Saying, ‘What have I done?’ Everyone turned to his own course, Like a 8horse charging into the battle.7Even the stork in the sky 9Knows her seasons; And the 10turtledove, the swallow, and the crane Keep to the time of their 11migration; But 12My people do not know The judgment of the Lord.

8“13How can you say, ‘We are wise, And the Law of the Lord is with us’? But behold, the lying pen of the scribes Has made it into a lie.9The wise men are 14put to shame, They are dismayed and caught; Behold, they have 15rejected the word of the Lord, So what kind of wisdom do they have?10Therefore I will 16give their wives to others, Their fields to new owners; Because from the least even to the greatest Everyone is 17greedy for gain; From the prophet even to the priest, Everyone practices deceit.11They have 18healed the brokenness of the daughter of My people superficially, Saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ But there is no peace.12Were they 19ashamed because of the abomination they had done? They were not ashamed at all, And they did not know how to be ashamed; Therefore they will 20fall among those who fall; At the 21time of their punishment they will collapse,” Says the Lord.