Verse 8
Jeremiah 8:8
King James Version
8
How do ye say, We
are wise, and the law of the LORD
is
with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he
it; the pen of the scribes
is in vain.
Original Language Text
hebrew
אֵיכָ֤ה תֹֽאמְרוּ֙ חֲכָמִ֣ים אֲנַ֔חְנוּ וְ/תוֹרַ֥ת יְהוָ֖ה אִתָּ֑/נוּ אָכֵן֙ הִנֵּ֣ה לַ/שֶּׁ֣קֶר עָשָׂ֔ה עֵ֖ט שֶׁ֥קֶר סֹפְרִֽים
English Translation
How do you say, "We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us"? Indeed, behold, to deception has the pen of the deceivers made it.
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Chapter 8 Context
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3
And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of them that remain of this evil famil...
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4
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6
I hearkened and heard,
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7
Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swall...
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8
How do ye say, We
are wise, and the law of the LORD
is
with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he
it; t...
9
The wise
men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD;...
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10
Therefore will I give their wives unto others,
and their fields to them that shall inherit
them: for...
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11
For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when
ther...
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12
Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither co...
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13
I will surely consume them, saith the LORD:
there shall be
no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the f...
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14
Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be s...
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15
We looked for peace, but no good
came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!
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16
The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing...
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17
For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which
will not
be charmed, and they shall...
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18
When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart
is faint in me.
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19
Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country...
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20
The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
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21
For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.
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22
Is there no balm in Gilead;
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