Jeremiah 8:10

10 1Therefore I will give their wives to others and their fields to conquerors, because from the least to the greatest everyone 2is greedy for unjust gain; from prophet to priest, everyone deals falsely.

Jeremiah 8:10 In-Context

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.
12 Were they ashamed when they committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed; they did not know how to blush. Therefore they shall fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they shall be overthrown, says the LORD.

Cross References 2

  • 1. For ver. 10-12, see Jeremiah 6:12-15
  • 2. [Isaiah 56:11]
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