Jeremiah 8:9-11

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⁹ These “wise people” refused to listen to the Lord’s teachings.
    So they are not really wise at all.
These “wise people” were trapped.
    They became shocked and ashamed.
¹⁰ So I will give their wives to other men.
    I will give their fields to new owners.
All the people of Israel want more and more money.
    All of them, from the least important to the most important, are like that.
    Even the prophets and priests tell lies.
¹¹ They should bandage the wounds my people have suffered,
    but they treat their wounds like small scratches.
They say, “It’s all right, everything is all right.”
    But it is not all right!