8:5 Why, then, do these people of Jerusalem 1
continually turn away from me in apostasy?
They hold fast to their deception. 2
They refuse to turn back to me. 3
8:6 I have listened to them very carefully, 4
but they do not speak honestly.
None of them regrets the evil he has done.
None of them says, “I have done wrong!” 5
All of them persist in their own wayward course 6
like a horse charging recklessly into battle.
8:7 Even the stork knows
when it is time to move on. 7
The turtledove, swallow, and crane 8
recognize 9 the normal times for their migration.
But my people pay no attention
to 10 what I, the Lord, require of them. 11
8:10 12 So I will give their wives to other men
and their fields to new owners.
For from the least important to the most important of them,
all of them are greedy for dishonest gain.
Prophets and priests alike,
all practice deceit.