⁴ “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?
⁵ Why then has this people turned away
    in perpetual backsliding?
They hold fast to deceit,
    they refuse to return.
⁶ 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.