Jeremiah 8:7-9

EasyEnglish Bible

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.
⁹ Those wise teachers will be ashamed and upset.
    Enemies will catch them as their prisoners.
They have refused to accept the Lord's message.
    So they are not really wise.