The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?
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Gill's Exposition
The wise men are ashamed,.... Of the wisdom of which they boasted, when it would appear to be folly, and unprofitable to them:
they are dismayed and taken; frightened at the calamities coming upon…
Barnes' Notes
They have rejected the word of the Lord - It became in the hands of the Soferim or scribes a mere code of ceremonial observance. Compare Mar 7:13.
The prophet here is instructed to set before this people the folly of their impenitence, which was it that brought this ruin upon them. They are here represented as the most stupid senseless people in…
Jer 8:4 to Jer 9:1. Forecast of punishment as the result of sin
The section may be thus summarized.
(i) Jer 8:4-9. Human fortunes and conduct are as a rule liable to change, but Israel pursues a…
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