Jeremiah 8:9

Jeremiah 8:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the Lord; and what wisdom is in them?
• New International Version (NIV)The wise will be put to shame; they will be dismayed and trapped. Since they have rejected the word of the Lord, what kind of wisdom do they have?
• English Standard Version (ESV)The wise men shall be put to shame; they shall be dismayed and taken; behold, they have rejected the word of the Lord, so what wisdom is in them?
• New King James Version (NKJV)The wise men are ashamed, They are dismayed and taken. Behold, they have rejected the word of the Lord; So what wisdom do they have?

Context of Jeremiah 8:9

7Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the ordinance of the LORD. 8How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? But, behold, the false pen of the scribes hath wrought falsely. The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what manner of wisdom is in them? 10Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall possess them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely. 11And they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people lightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

Jeremiah 8:9 word by word

הֹבִ֣ישׁוּ חֲכָמִ֔ים חַ֖תּוּ וַיִּלָּכֵ֑דוּ הִנֵּ֤ה בִדְבַר־יְהוָה֙ מָאָ֔סוּ וְחָכְמַֽת־מֶ֖ה לָהֶֽם׃ סRead the interlinear

• wiseחָכָםchâkâm · wiseH2450
• ashamedבּוֹשׁbûsh · be ashamedH954
• dismayedחָתַתchâthath · to to be dismayedH2865
• takenלָכַדlâkad · to captureH3920
• loהִנֵּהhinnêh · beholdH2009
• rejectedמָאַסmâ'as · to rejectH3988
• wordדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• whatמָהmâh mah mâ ma meh · what?H4100
• mannerדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• wisdomחׇכְמָהchokmâh · wisdomH2451

Cross-references for Jeremiah 8:9

• Jeremiah 6:15Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.
• Jeremiah 49:7Of Edom. Thus saith the LORD of hosts: Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?
• Job 5:12He frustrateth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
• Isaiah 19:11The princes of Zoan are utterly foolish; the counsel of the wisest counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?
• Ezekiel 7:26Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour; and they shall seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients.
• 1 Corinthians 1:26For behold your calling, brethren, how that not many wise after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:
• Deuteronomy 4:6Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
• Psalms 19:7The law of the LORD is perfect, restoring the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
• Psalms 119:98Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies; for they are ever with me.
• Isaiah 8:20To the law and to the testimony! if they speak not according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.
• 1 Corinthians 1:18For the word of the cross is to them that are perishing foolishness; but unto us which are being saved it is the power of God.
• 2 Timothy 3:15and that from a babe thou hast known the sacred writings which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 8:9

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9They have rejected the word of the Lord - It became in the hands of the Soferim or scribes a mere code of ceremonial observance. Compare Mark 7:13.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-13Verses 4-13 What brought this ruin? 1. The people would not attend to reason; they would not act in the affairs of their souls with common prudence. Sin is backsliding; it is going back from the way that leads to life, to that which leads to destruction. 2. They would not attend to the warning of conscience. They did not take the first step towards repentance: true repentance begins in serious inquiry as to what we have done, from conviction that we have…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-10The phrase the wise is sarcastic. The Lord called their teachings foolish and revealed their greed (see Job 28:28). This sin controlled the prophets and priests, making them all frauds.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. dismayed--confounded. what wisdom--literally, "the wisdom of what?" that is, "wisdom in what respect?" the Word of the Lord being the only true source of wisdom (Psa 119:98-100; Pr 1:7; 9:10).Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 8:9

• Backsliders
• Blindness
• Church
• Impenitence
• Wisdom
• Word of God

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Commentaries on Jeremiah 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings