Verse 9
Jeremiah 8:9
Literal Standard Version
9
The wise have been ashamed, || They have been frightened, and are captured, || Behold, they kicked against a word of YHWH, || And what wisdom do they have?
Original Language Text
hebrew
הֹבִ֣ישׁוּ חֲכָמִ֔ים חַ֖תּוּ וַ/יִּלָּכֵ֑דוּ הִנֵּ֤ה בִ/דְבַר יְהוָה֙ מָאָ֔סוּ וְ/חָכְמַֽת מֶ֖ה לָ/הֶֽם
English Translation
The wise were put to shame; they were caught; behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, and what wisdom do they have?
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Chapter 8 Context
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3
And death is chosen rather than life || By all the remnant who are left of this evil family, || In a...
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4
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5
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6
I have given attention, indeed, I listen, || They do not speak right, || No man has sighed over his...
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7
Even a stork in the heavens has known her seasons, || And turtle, and swallow, and crane, || Have wa...
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8
How do you say, We are wise, || And the Law of YHWH is with us? Surely, behold, it has worked falsel...
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9
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Therefore, I give their wives to others, || Their fields to dispossessors, || For from the least eve...
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11
And they heal the breach of the daughter of My people slightly, || Saying, Peace, peace! And there i...
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12
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13
I utterly consume them,” || A declaration of YHWH, || “There are no grapes in the vine, || Indeed, t...
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14
Why are we sitting still? Be gathered, and we go into the fortified cities, || And we are silent the...
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15
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16
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17
For behold, I am sending serpents among you, || Vipers that have no charmer, || And they have bitten...
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18
My sorrow is beyond comfort, || My heart is sick in me.
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19
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20
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21
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22
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