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How can you say, ‘We are wise and the law of Yahweh is with us’?
    Look, surely the lying stylus of the scribes[a] has made it a lie.
The wise will be put to shame,
    they will be dismayed,
    and they will get taken.
Look, they have rejected the word of Yahweh,
    and what is wisdom to them?
10 Therefore I will give their wives to others,
    their fields to conquerors,
because from the smallest to the greatest,
    all of them make profit for unlawful gain,
from prophet to priest,
    all of them practice deceit.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 8:8 Literally “stylus of lie of scribes”

“‘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?
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)

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