Jeremiah 8:6-8

EasyEnglish Bible

⁶ I have listened carefully to them,
    but they do not say what is right.
They are not sorry for the wicked things that they have done.
    None of them say, “I have done something wrong.”
They all continue to do what they want to do.
    They are like horses that are running into a battle.
⁷ Even birds know when it is time for them to move to a different place.
    That is true for storks, doves, swallows and cranes.^[a]
Birds know when it is time to return,
    but my people do not know my laws.
⁸ You say, “We are wise
    because we have the law of the Lord.”
But I tell you, your teachers have changed my laws.
    They teach you lies instead.