Jeremiah 8:8
How is it that ye say, “We are wise, We possess the law of Jehovah”? Behold, the false pen of the scribes Hath turned it into falsehood.
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Job 11:12But vain man is without understanding; Yea, man is born a wild ass's colt.
Psalms 147:19He publisheth his word to Jacob, His statutes and laws to Israel.
Isaiah 10:1Woe to them that make unrighteous decrees, That write oppressive decisions,
Jeremiah 2:8The priests said not, Where is Jehovah? And the teachers of the law knew me not; The rulers also rebelled against me; The prophets prophesied in the name of Baal, And walked after things that could not profit.
Hosea 8:12Though I write for him many laws, They are accounted as a strange thing;
John 9:41Jesus said to them, If ye were blind, ye would not have sin; but now ye say, We see. Your sin remaineth.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 8:5-13
Full of Impenitent Sinners; Hardened Wickedness of Judah. ( b. c. 606.) 4 Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord ; Shall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return? 5 Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return. 6 I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle. 7 Yea,… Read the whole commentary →