Jeremiah 8:4–13

⁴Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord; ^lShall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return? ⁵Why then is this people of Jerusalem ^mslidden back by a perpetual ⁿbacksliding? ^othey hold fast deceit, ^pthey refuse to return. ⁶I ^qhearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to ^rhis course, as the horse ^srusheth ^tinto the battle. ⁷Yea, ^uthe ^vstork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and ^ythe turtle and ^zthe crane and ^zthe swallow observe the time of their coming; but ^uamy people know not the judgment of the Lord. ⁸How do ye say, We are wise, and ^bthe law of the Lord is with us? Lo, certainly ^||in vain made he it; ^cthe pen of the scribes is in vain. ^9||dThe wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and ^etaken: lo, they have rejected the word of the Lord; and ^†what wisdom is in them? ¹⁰Therefore ^fwill I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely. ¹¹For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace. ¹²Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, ^gthey were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the Lord. ^13||I will surely consume them, saith the Lord: ^hthere shall be ^ikno grapes on the vine, ^knor figs on the fig tree, and ^lthe leaf shall fade; and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them.