How do ye say, We [are] wise, and the law of the LORD [is] with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he [it;] the pen of the scribes [is] in vain.
Jewish Publication Society of America Version (JPS1917) - Jeremiah 8:8 >How do ye say: 'We are wise, and the Law of the LORD is with us'? Lo, certainly in vain hath wrought the vain pen of the scribes.