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10 Therefore I will give their wives to others,
    and their fields to those who shall inherit them.
For everyone from the least even to the greatest
    is given to covetousness;
from the prophet even to the priest
    everyone deals falsely.
11 For they have healed the brokenness
    of the daughter of My people superficially,
saying, “Peace, peace,”
    when there is no peace.
12 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination?
    They were not at all ashamed,
    nor could they blush.
Therefore they will fall among those who fall;
    in the time of their punishment they will be cast down,
    says the Lord.

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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.
11 And they have treated the wound of the daughter of my people lightly,
    saying,[a] ‘Peace, peace,’ but there is no peace.
12 Were they ashamed, for they had committed a detestable thing?
    What’s worse,[b] they were not ashamed at all,
and they did not know to feel humiliated.
    Therefore[c] they will fall among those who fall;
    at the time of their punishment they will stumble,” says Yahweh.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 8:11 Literally “to say”
  2. Jeremiah 8:12 Or “also”
  3. Jeremiah 8:12 Literally “To thus”