⁷ Even the stork in the heavens
    knows its times,
and the turtledove, swallow, and crane^[a]
    observe the time of their coming,
but my people do not know
    the ordinance of the Lord.^(A)

³ They bend their tongues like bows;
    they have grown strong in the land for falsehood and not for truth,
for they proceed from evil to evil,
    and they do not know me, says the Lord.^(A)

⁶ Oppression upon oppression, deceit^[a] upon deceit!
    They refuse to know me, says the Lord.^(A)