"Howcan you say,'We are wise,And the lawof the LORDis with us'? But behold,the lyingpenof the scribesHas made[it] into a lie.
"An idiotwill becomeintelligentWhen the foalof a wilddonkeyis borna man.
"He deprivesthe trustedones of speechAnd takesaway the discernmentof the elders.
He declaresHis wordsto Jacob,His statutesand His ordinancesto Israel.
Grandchildrenare the crownof oldmen,And the gloryof sonsis their fathers.
"Your firstforefathersinned,And your spokesmenhave transgressedagainst Me.
Then they said,"Comeand let us deviseplansagainstJeremiah.Surelythe lawis not going to be lostto the priest,norcounselto the sage,northe [divine] wordto the prophet!Comeon and let us strikeat him with [our] tongue,and let us givenoheedto anyof his words."
"I will makevoidthe counselof Judahand Jerusalemin thisplace,and I will cause them to fallby the swordbeforetheir enemiesand by the handof those who seektheir life;and I will giveover their carcassesas foodfor the birdsof the skyand the beastsof the earth.
"The priestsdid not say,'Whereis the LORD?'And those who handlethe lawdid not knowMe; The rulersalso transgressedagainst Me, And the prophetsprophesiedby BaalAnd walkedafterthings that did not profit.
"For My peopleare foolish,They knowMe not; They are stupidchildrenAnd havenounderstanding.They are shrewdto doevil,But to dogoodthey do not know."
"Howcan you say,We are mightywarriors,And menvaliantfor battle'?
Though I wrotefor him tenthousand[precepts] of My law,They are regardedas a strangething.
he is not to honorhis fatherorhis mother.' And [by this] you invalidatedthe wordof Godfor the sakeof your tradition.
Jesussaidto them, "Ifyou were blind,you would havenosin;but sinceyou say,We see,'your sinremains.
Professingto be wise,they became fools,
