Jeremiah 8:9
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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Study Note
The bitter irony that '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?' inverts the scribal class's self-understanding by exposing the vacuity of wisdom that has severed itself from divine revelation. The verse targets specifically those who handle and transmit the Torah ('the pen of the scribes is in vain') but have falsified or neglected its actual claims — a critique of professional religious knowledge divorced from obedience. This anticipates Pauline arguments in 1 Corinthians 1-2 about the failure of worldly wisdom and the sufficiency of divine revelation. The verse has been particularly significant in discussions of the relationship between scholarly erudition and genuine theological understanding.
Outras Traduções
The wise men are put to shame, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of Jehovah; and what manner of wisdom is in them?
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