But what most people do not know is about the fact that some evil scribes did distort the Scriptures. It is so plainly said in the OT itself:
How can you say, “We are wise, for we have the law of the LORD,” when actually the lying pen of the scribes has handled it falsely? (Jer 8:8).
Our Lord made it very clear that “permission for divorce” was a human aberration and not God’s Law? See below examples of (i) addition, (ii) deletion and (iii) falsification, by evil men?
- ADDITION
God’s “love command”: 'Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against one of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. (Lev 19 :18), was compromised to the extent of institutionalising hatred and revenge by hard hearted people who had this written down: If anyone injures his neighbor, whatever he has done must be done to him: fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. As he has injured the other, so he is to be injured. (Lev 24:19-20).
- DELETION
It was prophesied in the OT that the Messiah to come will be called a Nazarene: So was fulfilled what was said through the prophets: “He will be called a Nazarene”. (Matt 2:23c) and that He will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day: *He told them, “This is what is written: The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day”. *(Lk 23:46).
Who removed from the OT, the verses that said this? Obviously, the authorities who held control over the Scriptures then, because they wanted to cover their crime of having aided and abetted the murder of their Messiah.
- FALSIFICATION
They even tried to supress the truth of His resurrection: When the chief priests had met with the elders and devised a plan, they gave the soldiers a large sum of money, telling them, “You are to say, ‘His disciples came during the night and stole him away while we were asleep’.” (Matt 28:12-13)
Muslims use this verse all the tme to try and prove that the Holy Bible is corrupt-very circular reasining - using the very book you say is corrupt to try nd prove it is…corrupt!
Yes there is an attempt - some scribes did try to mess with GOD’s Law]. In order to be successful in such a conspiracy the scribes would have to have destroyed every circulating copy and the people’s memory of what GOD’s Law ordered. We would not know the scribes were lying if we didn’t have a true Scripture to compare it to.
Multiple translations can help you get to the truth.
Jeremiah 8 (New International Version)
7 Even the stork in the sky
knows her appointed seasons,
and the dove, the swift and the thrush
observe the time of their migration.
But my people do not know
the requirements of the LORD.
8 " 'How can you say, “We are wise,
for we have the law of the LORD,”
when actually the lying pen of the scribes
has handled it falsely?
9 The wise will be put to shame;
they will be dismayed and trapped.
Since they have rejected the word of the LORD,
what kind of wisdom do they have?
Jeremiah 8 (King James Version)
7Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
8How 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.
9The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?
Jeremiah 8 (Young’s Literal Translation)
7Even a stork in the heavens hath known her seasons, And turtle, and swallow, and crane, Have watched the time of their coming, And – My people have not known the judgment of Jehovah.
8How do ye say, We [are] wise, And the law of Jehovah [is] with us? Surely, lo, falsely it hath wrought, The false pen of scribes.
9Ashamed have been the wise, They have been affrighted, and are captured, Lo, against a word of Jehovah they kicked, And the wisdom of what – have they?
Check out:
blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=H8267&t=KJV&page=3
That one word h8267 שקר sheqer has different meanings:
- lie, deception, disappointment, falsehood
a) deception (what deceives or disappoints or betrays one)
b) deceit, fraud, wrong
- fraudulently, wrongfully (as adverb)
c) falsehood (injurious in testimony)
- testify falsehood, false oath, swear falsely
d) falsity (of false or self-deceived prophets)
e) lie, falsehood (in general)
- false tongue
f) in vain
You must look at the verses before and after. **Which all leads up to whether the scribes were lying or writing in vain, the people were not following GOD’s Law. **
Jesus tells us
Matthew 5:18 (New International Version)
18I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.
It’s a strange world.
for your courage.