Jeremiah 8:6-8
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
6 I have listened closely:
they speak what is not true;
No one regrets wickedness,
saying, “What have I done?”
Everyone keeps on running their course,
like a horse dashing into battle.(A)
7 Even the stork in the sky
knows its seasons;
Turtledove, swift, and thrush
observe the time of their return,
But my people do not know
the order of the Lord.(B)
8 How can you say, “We are wise,(C)
we have the law of the Lord”?
See, that has been changed into falsehood
by the lying pen of the scribes![a]
Footnotes
- 8:8 Lying pen of the scribes: because the teachings and interpretations of the scribes ran counter to the word of the Lord.
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