Jeremiah 8:7-9

New Catholic Bible

⁷ Even the stork in the sky
    knows its appointed seasons;
turtledoves, swallows, and cranes
    are aware when it is time to migrate.
But my people do not know
    the ordinances of the Lord.
⁸ How can you say, “We are wise,
    for we have the law of the Lord,”
when that law has been falsified
    by the lying pen of the scribes?
⁹ The wise will be put to shame;
    they will be dismayed and caught in errors.
Since they have rejected the word of the Lord,
    of what value is their wisdom?