Jeremiah 8:4-9
New King James Version
The Peril of False Teaching
4 “Moreover you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord:
“Will they fall and not rise?
Will one turn away and not return?
5 Why has this people (A)slidden back,
Jerusalem, in a perpetual backsliding?
(B)They hold fast to deceit,
(C)They refuse to return.
6 (D)I listened and heard,
But they do not speak aright.
(E)No man repented of his wickedness,
Saying, ‘What have I done?’
Everyone turned to his own course,
As the horse rushes into the battle.
7 “Even (F)the stork in the heavens
Knows her appointed times;
And the turtledove, the swift, and the swallow
Observe the time of their coming.
But (G)My people do not know the judgment of the Lord.
8 “How can you say, ‘We are wise,
(H)And the law of the Lord is with us’?
Look, the false pen of the scribe certainly works falsehood.
9 (I)The wise men are ashamed,
They are dismayed and taken.
Behold, they have rejected the word of the Lord;
So (J)what wisdom do they have?
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