Jeremiah 5:3-5

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³ Lord, you want people to be honest and true.
You have punished your people,
    but they did not feel any pain.
You nearly destroyed them,
    but they still refuse to change.
Their minds have become as hard as rock.
    They refuse to turn back to you.
⁴ I thought, ‘These are poor, foolish people.
They do not understand what the Lord wants them to do.
    They do not know his commands.
⁵ So I will go to speak to the leaders.
    They will surely understand what the Lord wants.
    They will know his commands.’
But all of them have turned against the Lord too.
    They refuse to obey his authority.