Jeremiah 4:22

The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit; He has ceased to consider to do good.

Do the workers of iniquity not know, Who eat up my people as they eat bread And do not call upon God?

They do not know and do not understand; They walk about in darkness; All the foundations of the earth are shaken.

“The priests did not say, ‘Where is Yahweh?’ And those who handle the law did not know Me; The shepherds also transgressed against Me, And the prophets prophesied by Baal And walked after things that did not profit.

“How can you say, ‘We are wise, And the law of Yahweh is with us’? But behold, the lying pen of the scribes Has made it into a lie.

“They bend their tongue like their bow; Lies and unfaithfulness prevail in the land, For they go onward from evil to evil, And they do not know Me,” declares Yahweh.

But they are altogether senseless and foolish; They are in a discipline of vanities—it is mere wood!

“Can the Ethiopian change his skin Or the leopard his spots? Then you also can do good Who are accustomed to doing evil.

“How languishing is your heart,” declares Lord Yahweh, “while you do all these things, the actions of a bold-faced harlot.

Listen to the word of Yahweh, O sons of Israel, For Yahweh has a contention against the inhabitants of the land, Because there is no truth or lovingkindness Or knowledge of God in the land.

“But they do not know how to do what is right,” declares Yahweh, “these who hoard up violence and devastation in their citadels.”

For the report of your obedience has reached to all. Therefore I am rejoicing over you, but I want you to be wise in what is good and innocent in what is evil.