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Jeremiah 8:6-8
Contemporary English Version
Jeremiah 8:6-8
Contemporary English Version
6 I listen carefully,
but none of you admit
that you've done wrong.
Without a second thought,
you run down the wrong road[a]
like horses running blindly
into battle.
7 Storks, doves, swallows,
and thrushes
all know when it's time
to fly away for the winter
and when to come back.
But you, my people,
don't know what I demand.
8 You say, “We are wise
because we have the teachings
and laws of the Lord.”
But I say that your teachers
have turned my words
into lies!
Footnotes
- 8.6 you run down the wrong road: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
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