But a witless man will gain understanding when a wild donkey’s colt is born a human being?
Jeremiah 8:8 - Tree of Life Version How can you say, ‘We are wise! The Torah of Adonai is with us’? In fact, it is the lying pen of the scribes that have made it a lie. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition How can you say, We are wise, and we have the written law of the Lord [and are learned in its language and teachings]? Behold, the truth is, the lying pen of the scribes has made of the law a falsehood (a mere code of ceremonial observances). [Mark 7:13.] American Standard Version (1901) How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of Jehovah is with us? But, behold, the false pen of the scribes hath wrought falsely. Common English Bible How can you say, “We are wise; we possess the LORD’s Instruction,” when the lying pen of the scribes has surely distorted it? Catholic Public Domain Version How can you say: 'We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us?' Truly, the lying pen of the scribes has wrought falsehood. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version How do you say: We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us? Indeed the lying pen of the scribes hath wrought falsehood. |
But a witless man will gain understanding when a wild donkey’s colt is born a human being?
He silences the lips of trusted advisors and removes the discernment of elders.
He declares His word to Jacob, His decrees and His rulings to Israel.
Grandchildren are the crown of the elderly and the glory of children is their parents.
Then they said: “Come, let us devise plans against Jeremiah. Surely Torah from the kohen will not be lost, nor will counsel from the wise, nor will the word from the prophet. Come, let’s strike at him with the tongue, and pay no attention to any of his words.”
So I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place. I will have them fall by the sword before their enemies, by the hand of them that seek their life. I will give their carcasses as food for the birds of the sky and the beasts of the earth.
The kohanim did not ask, ‘Where is Adonai?’ The Torah experts did not know Me. The shepherds rebelled against Me. The prophets prophesied by Baal and went after unprofitable things.
“For My people are foolish. They do not know Me. They are senseless children, and they have no understanding. They are wise to do evil, but to do good they do not know.”
Though I were to write out for him ten thousand things from My Torah, they are regarded as something strange.
he need not honor his father.’ On account of your tradition, you made void the word of God.
Yeshua said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no sin. But now you say, ‘We see.’ So your sin remains.”