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Jeremiah 8:9

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The wise men are: or, Have they been, etc. Jeremiah 6:15, Jeremiah 49:7; Job 5:12; Isaiah 19:11; Ezekiel 7:26; 1 Corinthians 1:26-29

lo: Deuteronomy 4:6; Psalms 19:7, Psalms 119:98-100; Isaiah 8:20; 1 Corinthians 1:18-29; 2 Timothy 3:15

what wisdom: Heb. the wisdom of what thing, etc

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