Jeremiah 8:7
“Jeremiah also says, in like manner: "The turtle and the swallow have known her time, and the sparrows of the field have observed the times of their coming, but my people have not known the judgment of the Lord. How do you say, We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us? The meting out is in vain. The scribes are…”
Source: Septuagint
7Yea, the stork in the heaven knows her time, also the turtledove and wild swallow; the sparrows observe the times of their coming in; but this my people knows not the judgments of the Lord.
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5Wherefore has this my people turned away with a shameless revolting, and strengthened themselves in their willfulness, and refused to return?
6Hearken, I pray you, and hear: will they not speak thus, There is no man that repents of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? the runner has failed from his course, as a tired horse in his neighing.
— Jeremiah 8:7 —
8How will ye say, We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us? In vain have the scribes used a false pen.
9The wise men are ashamed, and alarmed, and taken; because they have rejected the word of the Lord; what wisdom is there in them?