Jeremiah 8
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Jeremiah 8:8-12

8How do ye sayH559, We are wiseH2450, and the lawH8451 of YhwhH3068 is with us? Lo, certainlyH403 in vainH8267 madeH6213 he it; the penH5842 of the scribesH5608 is in vainH8267.1

9The wiseH2450 men are ashamedH3001, they are dismayedH2865 and takenH3920: lo, they have rejectedH3988 the wordH1697 of YhwhH3068; and what wisdomH2451 is in them?23

10Therefore will I giveH5414 their wivesH802 unto othersH312, and their fieldsH7704 to them that shall inheritH3423 them: for every one from the leastH6996 even unto the greatestH1419 is givenH1214 to covetousnessH1215, from the prophetH5030 even unto the priestH3548 every one dealethH6213 falselyH8267.

11For they have healedH7495 the hurtH7667 of the daughterH1323 of my peopleH5971 slightlyH7043, sayingH559, PeaceH7965, peaceH7965; when there is no peaceH7965.

12Were they ashamedH3001 when they had committedH6213 abominationH8441? nay, they were not at allH954 ashamedH954, neither couldH3045 they blushH3637: therefore shall they fallH5307 among them that fallH5307: in the timeH6256 of their visitationH6486 they shall be cast downH3782, saithH559 YhwhH3068.

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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. ↩

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