8  ^h“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  ⁱThe wise men shall be put to shame;

they shall be dismayed ^jand taken;

behold, they have rejected the word of the Lord,

so what wisdom is in them?

10  ^kTherefore I will give their wives to others

and their fields to conquerors,

because from the least to the greatest

everyone ^lis greedy for unjust gain;

from prophet to priest,

everyone deals falsely.

11  They have healed ^mthe wound of my people lightly,

saying, ‘Peace, peace,’

when there is no peace.

12  Were they ashamed when they committed abomination?

No, ⁿthey were not at all ashamed;

they did not know how to blush.

^oTherefore they shall fall among the fallen;

when I punish them, they shall be overthrown,

says the Lord.

13  When I would gather them, declares the Lord,

there are ^qno grapes on the vine,

^rnor figs on the fig tree;

^seven the leaves are withered,

and what I gave them has passed away from them.”¹