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Jeremiah 8:9

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The wise men are disappointed.
They are dismayed and trapped.
Behold, they have rejected Yahweh’s word.
What kind of wisdom is in them?

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Jeremiah 8:9 in other translations

The wise men are put to shame, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of Jehovah; and what manner of wisdom is in them?

Jeremiah 8:9 · American Standard Version

Jeremiah 8:9 in context

  1. 7Yes, the stork in the sky knows her appointed times.
    The turtledove, the swallow, and the crane observe the time of their coming;
    but my people don’t know Yahweh’s law.
  2. 8“ ‘How do you say, “We are wise, and Yahweh’s law is with us?”
    But, behold, the false pen of the scribes has made that a lie.
  3. 9The wise men are disappointed.
    They are dismayed and trapped.
    Behold, they have rejected Yahweh’s word.
    What kind of wisdom is in them?
  4. 10Therefore I will give their wives to others
    and their fields to those who will possess them.
    For everyone from the least even to the greatest is given to covetousness;
    from the prophet even to the priest everyone deals falsely.
  5. 11They have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying,
    “Peace, peace,” when there is no peace.