Jeremiah 8
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Jeremiah 8:8-9

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

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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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