8 “How can you say, ‘We are wise,
aAnd the law of the Lord is with us’?
Look, the false pen of the scribe certainly works falsehood.
aAnd the law of the Lord is with us’?
Look, the false pen of the scribe certainly works falsehood.
9 aThe wise men are ashamed,
They are dismayed and taken.
Behold, they have rejected the word of the Lord;
So bwhat wisdom do they have?
They are dismayed and taken.
Behold, they have rejected the word of the Lord;
So bwhat wisdom do they have?
10 Therefore aI will give their wives to others,
And their fields to those who will inherit them;
Because from the least even to the greatest
Everyone is given to bcovetousness;
From the prophet even to the priest
Everyone deals falsely.
And their fields to those who will inherit them;
Because from the least even to the greatest
Everyone is given to bcovetousness;
From the prophet even to the priest
Everyone deals falsely.
11 For they have ahealed the hurt of the daughter of My people1 slightly,
Saying, b‘Peace, peace!’
When there is no peace.
Saying, b‘Peace, peace!’
When there is no peace.
12 Were they aashamed when they had committed abomination?
No! They were not at all ashamed,
Nor did they know how to blush.
Therefore they shall fall among those who fall;
In the time of their punishment
They shall be cast down,” says the Lord.
No! They were not at all ashamed,
Nor did they know how to blush.
Therefore they shall fall among those who fall;
In the time of their punishment
They shall be cast down,” says the Lord.
13 “I will surely1 consume them,” says the Lord.
“No grapes shall be aon the vine,
Nor figs on the bfig tree,
And the leaf shall fade;
And the things I have given them shall cpass away from them.” ’ ”
“No grapes shall be aon the vine,
Nor figs on the bfig tree,
And the leaf shall fade;
And the things I have given them shall cpass away from them.” ’ ”
14 “Why do we sit still?
aAssemble yourselves,
And let us enter the fortified cities,
And let us be silent there.
For the Lord our God has put us to silence
And given us bwater of gall to drink,
Because we have sinned against the Lord.
aAssemble yourselves,
And let us enter the fortified cities,
And let us be silent there.
For the Lord our God has put us to silence
And given us bwater of gall to drink,
Because we have sinned against the Lord.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Commentaries:
No entry exists in John Wesley's Notes for Jeremiah 8:10.
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