8 “ ‘How can you say, “We are wise,

for we have the laws of the Lord,”

when actually the lying pen of the scribes

has handled it falsely?

9 The wiset will be put to shame;

they will be dismayedu and trapped.v

Since they have rejected the wordw of the Lord,

what kind of wisdomx do they have?

10 Therefore I will give their wives to other men

and their fields to new owners.y

From the least to the greatest,

all are greedy for gain;z

prophetsa and priests alike,

all practice deceit.b

11 They dress the wound of my people

as though it were not serious.

“Peace, peace,” they say,

when there is no peace.c

12 Are they ashamed of their detestable conduct?

No, they have no shamed 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,e

says the Lord.f

13 “ ‘I will take away their harvest,

declares the Lord.

There will be no grapes on the vine.g

There will be no figsh on the tree,

and their leaves will wither.i

What I have given them

will be takenj from them.a’ ”

14 Why are we sitting here?

Gather together!

Let us flee to the fortified citiesk

and perish there!

For the Lord our God has doomed us to perish

and given us poisoned waterl to drink,

because we have sinnedm against him.

15 We hoped for peacen

but no good has come,

for a time of healing

but there is only terror.o