Jeremiah 8:7-9

Common English Bible

⁷ Even the stork in the sky knows the seasons,
    and the dove, swallow,^[a] and crane^[b]
        return in due time.
            But my people don’t know the Lord’s ways.
⁸ How can you say, “We are wise;
    we possess the Lord’s Instruction,”
        when the lying pen of the scribes has surely distorted it?
⁹ The wise will be shamed and shocked
    when they are caught.
Look, they have rejected the Lord’s word;
    what kind of wisdom is that?