Jeremiah 8:8
“‘How do you say, “We are wise, and the LORD’s law is with us”? But, behold, the false pen of the scribes has made that a lie.Jeremiah 8:8 · WEB
This verse in other languages
- ગુજરાતી — યર્મિયા ૮:૮
- તમે એવું કહો છો કે, “અમે જ્ઞાની છીએ! અને અમારી પાસે યહોવાહનું નિયમશાસ્ત્ર છે” પણ, જુઓ, લહિયાઓની જૂઠી કલમે તેને જૂઠું કર્યું છે.
- हिन्दी — यिर्मयाह ८:८
- “तुम कैसे कह सकते हो कि हम बुद्धिमान हैं, और यहोवा की दी हुई व्यवस्था हमारे साथ है? परन्तु उनके शास्त्रियों ने उसका झूठा विवरण लिखकर उसको झूठ बना दिया है।
In context
6I listened and heard, but they didn’t say what is right. No one repents of his wickedness, saying, “What have I done?” Everyone turns to his course, as a horse that rushes headlong in the battle.
7Yes, the stork in the sky knows her appointed times. The turtledove, the swallow, and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my people don’t know the LORD’s law.
8“‘How do you say, “We are wise, and the LORD’s law is with us”? But, behold, the false pen of the scribes has made that a lie.
9The wise men are disappointed. They are dismayed and trapped. Behold, they have rejected the LORD’s word. What kind of wisdom is in them?
10Therefore I will give their wives to others and their fields to those who will possess them. For everyone from the least even to the greatest is given to covetousness; from the prophet even to the priest everyone deals falsely.
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