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Jeremiah 8:8

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“ ‘How can you say, “We are wise, for we have the law of the Lord,” when actually the lying pen of the scribes has handled it falsely?

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Jesus said, “If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin; but now that you claim you can see, your guilt remains.

Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools

they are not to ‘honor their father or mother’ with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.

He has revealed his word to Jacob, his laws and decrees to Israel.

He silences the lips of trusted advisers and takes away the discernment of elders.

I wrote for them the many things of my law, but they regarded them as something foreign.

Children’s children are a crown to the aged, and parents are the pride of their children.

But the witless can no more become wise than a wild donkey’s colt can be born human.

“My people are fools; they do not know me. They are senseless children; they have no understanding. They are skilled in doing evil; they know not how to do good.”

They said, “Come, let’s make plans against Jeremiah; for the teaching of the law by the priest will not cease, nor will counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophets. So come, let’s attack him with our tongues and pay no attention to anything he says.”

“ ‘In this place I will ruin the plans of Judah and Jerusalem. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies, at the hands of those who want to kill them, and I will give their carcasses as food to the birds and the wild animals.

Your first father sinned; those I sent to teach you rebelled against me.

The priests did not ask, ‘Where is the Lord?’ Those who deal with the law did not know me; the leaders rebelled against me. The prophets prophesied by Baal, following worthless idols.

“How can you say, ‘We are warriors, men valiant in battle’?




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