⁸ “‘How can you say, “We are wise,
    for we have the law^(A) of the Lord,”
when actually the lying pen of the scribes
    has handled it falsely?
⁹ The wise^(B) will be put to shame;
    they will be dismayed^(C) and trapped.^(D)
Since they have rejected the word^(E) of the Lord,
    what kind of wisdom^(F) do they have?
¹⁰ Therefore I will give their wives to other men
    and their fields to new owners.^(G)
From the least to the greatest,
    all are greedy for gain;^(H)
prophets^(I) and priests alike,
    all practice deceit.^(J)
11 They dress the wound of my people
    as though it were not serious.
“Peace, peace,” they say,
    when there is no peace.^(K)
12 Are they ashamed of their detestable conduct?
    No, they have no shame^(L) at all;
    they do not even know how to blush.
So they will fall among the fallen;
    they will be brought down when they are punished,^(M)
says the Lord.^(N)

¹³ “‘I will take away their harvest,
declares the Lord.
    There will be no grapes on the vine.^(O)
There will be no figs^(P) on the tree,
    and their leaves will wither.^(Q)
What I have given them
    will be taken^(R) from them.^[a]’”

¹⁴ Why are we sitting here?
    Gather together!
Let us flee to the fortified cities^(S)
    and perish there!
For the Lord our God has doomed us to perish
    and given us poisoned water^(T) to drink,
    because we have sinned^(U) against him.
¹⁵ We hoped for peace^(V)
    but no good has come,
for a time of healing
    but there is only terror.^(W)