Jeremiah 8:8

Easy To Read Version

“You keep saying,\par ‘We have the Lord’s teachings!\par So we are wise!’\par But that is not true.\par Why? Because the scribes {\cf2\super [69]} \par have lied with their pens.\par

Cross References

Job 11:12

A wild donkey can’t give birth\par to a man.\par And a stupid person will never\par become wise.\par

Job 12:20

God makes the trusted advisers be silent.\par He takes away the wisdom of old people.\par

Psalm 147:19

God gave his commands to Jacob (Israel).\par God gave his laws and rules to Israel.\par

Proverbs 17:6

Grandchildren make old people happy. And children are proud of their parents.

Isaiah 43:27

Your first father sinned. And your lawyers have done things against me.

Jeremiah 18:18

Then the enemies of Jeremiah said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah. Surely the teaching of the law by the priest will not be lost. And the advice from the wise men will still be with us. We will still have the words of the prophets. So let us tell lies about him. That will ruin him. We will not pay attention to anything he says.”

Jeremiah 19:7

At this place, I will ruin the plans of the people of Judah and Jerusalem. The enemy will chase these people. And I will let the people of Judah be killed with swords in this place. And I will make their dead bodies food for the birds and wild animals.

Jeremiah 2:8

“The priests did not ask,\par ‘Where is the Lord?’\par The people that know the law\par did not want to know me.\par The leaders of the people of Israel\par turned against me.\par The prophets prophesied {\cf2\super [5]} in the name\par of the false god Baal. {\cf2\super [6]} \par They worshiped worthless idols.”\par

Jeremiah 4:22

\{God said,\} “My people are foolish.\par They don’t know me.\par They are stupid children.\par They don’t understand.\par They are skillful at doing evil,\par but they don’t know how to do good.”\par

Jeremiah 48:14

“You can’t say,\par ‘We are good soldiers.\par We are brave men in battle.’\par

Hosea 8:12

Even if I wrote 10,000 laws for Ephraim,\par he would treat them like they were\par for some stranger.\par

Matthew 15:6

You teach that person to not honor his father. So you teach that it is not important to do what God said. You think that it is more important to follow those rules you have.

John 9:41

Jesus said, “If you were really blind (without understanding), you would not be guilty of sin. But you say that you see (know what you are doing). So you are guilty.”

Romans 1:22

People said they were wise, and they became fools.