Jeremiah 8
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Jeremiah 8:4-9

4Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Yhwh; Shall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return? 5Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return. 6I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle. 7Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtledove and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of Yhwh. 8How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of Yhwh is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.1 9The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of Yhwh; and what wisdom is in them?23

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  1. 1. Jeremiah 8:8 in vain made…: or, the false pen of the scribes worketh for falsehood. ↩
  2. 2. Jeremiah 8:9 The wise…: or, Have they been ashamed, etc. ↩
  3. 3. Jeremiah 8:9 what…: Heb. the wisdom of what thing. ↩

Commentaries on Jeremiah 8

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