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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?

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Footnotes

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

“‘How do you say, “We are wise, and Yahweh’s law is with us?”
    But, behold, the false pen of the scribes has made that a lie.
The wise men are disappointed.
    They are dismayed and trapped.
Behold, they have rejected Yahweh’s word.
    What kind of wisdom is in them?

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