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10 Therefore I will give their wives to others,
    their fields to conquerors,
because from the smallest to the greatest,
    all of them make profit for unlawful gain,
from prophet to priest,
    all of them practice deceit.
11 And they have treated the wound of the daughter of my people lightly,
    saying,[a] ‘Peace, peace,’ but there is no peace.
12 Were they ashamed, for they had committed a detestable thing?
    What’s worse,[b] they were not ashamed at all,
and they did not know to feel humiliated.
    Therefore[c] they will fall among those who fall;
    at the time of their punishment they will stumble,” says Yahweh.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 8:11 Literally “to say”
  2. Jeremiah 8:12 Or “also”
  3. Jeremiah 8:12 Literally “To thus”

10 Therefore I will give their wives to other men
    and their fields to new owners.(A)
From the least to the greatest,
    all are greedy for gain;(B)
prophets(C) and priests alike,
    all practice deceit.(D)
11 They dress the wound of my people
    as though it were not serious.
“Peace, peace,” they say,
    when there is no peace.(E)
12 Are they ashamed of their detestable conduct?
    No, they have no shame(F) at all;
    they do not even know how to blush.
So they will fall among the fallen;
    they will be brought down when they are punished,(G)
says the Lord.(H)

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