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You shall say to them ,
Thus says the LORD :
When men fall ,
do they not rise again ?
If one turns away ,
does he not return ?
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Why then has this people turned away in perpetual backsliding ?
They hold fast to deceit ,
they refuse to return .
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I have given heed and listened ,
but they have not spoken aright ;
no man repents of his wickedness ,
saying , `
What have I done ?'
Every one turns to his own course ,
like a horse plunging headlong into battle .
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Even the stork in the heavens knows her times ;
and the turtledove ,
swallow ,
and crane keep the time of their coming ;
but my people know not the ordinance of the LORD .
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How can you say , `
We are wise ,
and the law of the LORD is with us '?
But ,
behold ,
the false pen of the scribes has made it into a lie .
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The wise men shall be put to shame ,
they shall be dismayed and taken ;
lo ,
they have rejected the word of the LORD ,
and what wisdom is in them ?