Jeremiah 8:6-8

New Catholic Bible

⁶ I have listened to them attentively
    but they never utter a truthful word.
Not a single one repents of his wickedness,
    saying, “What have I done?”
All of them continue to follow the same course
    like a horse charging into battle.
⁷ Even the stork in the sky
    knows its appointed seasons;
turtledoves, swallows, and cranes
    are aware when it is time to migrate.
But my people do not know
    the ordinances of the Lord.
⁸ How can you say, “We are wise,
    for we have the law of the Lord,”
when that law has been falsified
    by the lying pen of the scribes?