5 Why has this people aslidden back,
Jerusalem, in a perpetual backsliding?
bThey hold fast to deceit,
cThey refuse to return.
Jerusalem, in a perpetual backsliding?
bThey hold fast to deceit,
cThey refuse to return.
6 aI listened and heard,
But they do not speak aright.
bNo man repented of his wickedness,
Saying, ‘What have I done?’
Everyone turned to his own course,
As the horse rushes into the battle.
But they do not speak aright.
bNo 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 athe stork in the heavens
Knows her appointed times;
And the turtledove, the swift, and the swallow
Observe the time of their coming.
But bMy people do not know the judgment of the Lord.
Knows her appointed times;
And the turtledove, the swift, and the swallow
Observe the time of their coming.
But bMy people do not know the judgment of the Lord.
8 “How can you say, ‘We are wise,
aAnd the law of the Lord is with us’?
Look, the false pen of the scribe certainly works falsehood.
aAnd the law of the Lord is with us’?
Look, the false pen of the scribe certainly works falsehood.
9 aThe wise men are ashamed,
They are dismayed and taken.
Behold, they have rejected the word of the Lord;
So bwhat wisdom do they have?
They are dismayed and taken.
Behold, they have rejected the word of the Lord;
So bwhat wisdom do they have?
10 Therefore aI will give their wives to others,
And their fields to those who will inherit them;
Because from the least even to the greatest
Everyone is given to bcovetousness;
From the prophet even to the priest
Everyone deals falsely.
And their fields to those who will inherit them;
Because from the least even to the greatest
Everyone is given to bcovetousness;
From the prophet even to the priest
Everyone deals falsely.
11 For they have ahealed the hurt of the daughter of My people1 slightly,
Saying, b‘Peace, peace!’
When there is no peace.
Saying, b‘Peace, peace!’
When there is no peace.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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