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Even the stork in the sky
(A)Knows her seasons;
And the (B)turtledove and the swift and the crane
Keep the time of their [a]migration;
But (C)My people do not know
The legal judgment of Yahweh.

(D)How can you say, ‘We are wise,
And the law of Yahweh is with us’?
But behold, the lying pen of the scribes
Has made it into a lie.
The wise men are (E)put to shame;
They are dismayed and captured;
Behold, they have (F)rejected the word of Yahweh,
And what kind of wisdom do they have?

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 8:7 Lit coming