Jeremiah 5:3-5

Contemporary English Version

³ I answered, “I know
    that you look for truth.
You punished your people
    for their lies,
but in spite of the pain,
    they became more stubborn
and refused to turn back
    to you.”
⁴ Then I thought to myself,
“These common people
    act like fools,
and they have never learned
what the Lord their God
    demands of them.
⁵ So I'll go and talk to the leaders.
They know what God demands.”
    But even they had decided
    not to obey the Lord.