Jeremiah 8:7-9

The Voice

⁷    Even the stork in the sky knows her time to migrate.
        The dove, the swallow, and the crane
    All take flight when the time is right.
        But not so with My people.
    They do not know or care about the Eternal’s commands.”

⁸    How can any of you say, “We are wise, because we have the Eternal’s law”?
        How little you care about the truth!
    A pen in the hand of your teachers drips nothing but lies.
⁹    The day is coming when these so-called wise teachers will be put to shame;
        their lives will be shattered when they are captured and taken away.
    Why will this happen? Because they have rejected and perverted My word.
        Are these the works of wise men?