“The wise men are disappointed.They are dismayed and trapped.Behold, they have rejected Yahweh’s word.What kind of wisdom is in them?”
Jeremiah 8:9 (WEB)
Context Reading
7Yes, the stork in the sky knows her appointed times.The turtledove, the swallow, and the crane observe the time of their coming;but my people don’t know Yahweh’s law. 8“‘How do you say, “We are wise, and Yahweh’s law is with us”?But, behold, the false pen of the scribes has made that a lie. 9The wise men are disappointed.They are dismayed and trapped.Behold, they have rejected Yahweh’s word.What kind of wisdom is in them? 10Therefore I will give their wives to othersand their fields to those who will possess them.For everyone from the least even to the greatest is given to covetousness;from the prophet even to the priest everyone deals falsely. 11They have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying,“Peace, peace,” when there is no peace.