Posted on 11/18/2015 5:52:56 AM PST by Resettozero
Jeremiah 8 English Standard Version (ESV)
4 "You shall say to them, Thus says the Lord:
When men fall, do they not rise again?
If one turns away, does he not return?
5 Why then has this people turned away
in perpetual backsliding?
They hold fast to deceit;
they refuse to return.
6 I have paid attention and listened,
but they have not spoken rightly;
no man relents of his evil,
saying, "What have I done?"
Everyone turns to his own course,
like a horse plunging headlong into battle.
7 Even the stork in the heavens
knows her times,
and the turtledove, swallow, and crane
keep the time of their coming,
but my people know not
the rules of the Lord.
8 How can you say, "We are wise,
and the law of the Lord is with us"?
But behold, the lying pen of the scribes
has made it into a lie.
9 The wise men shall be put to shame;
they shall be dismayed and taken;
behold, they have rejected the word of the Lord,
so what wisdom is in them?
10 Therefore I will give their wives to others
and their fields to conquerors,
because from the least to the greatest
everyone is greedy for unjust gain;
from prophet to priest,
everyone deals falsely.
11 They have healed the wound of my people lightly,
saying, "Peace, peace,"
when there is no peace.
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It’s a fitting measure of God’s greatness that He is able to overcome some humans’ obstinacy. For it is only He that can “...look at every proud man and bring him low, look at every proud man and humble him...” Job 40:11-12
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