ה֖וֹי חֲכָמִ֣ים בְּעֵֽינֵיהֶ֑ם וְנֶ֥גֶד פְּנֵיהֶ֖ם נְבֹנִֽים׃
Ai dos que são sábios a seus próprios olhos, e astutos em seu próprio conceito!
Duties of the Heart
And thus, he will not cease to lower you from one level to the next, until he will bring you to the level where the truth is completely concealed, and there is complete falsehood. And he will uproot you from this world, and topple you from the levels of reward in the next world. And your wisdom will become an evil for you, and your intellect, the cause of your destruction, as written "Hoy! They are wise in their eyes, and think they are understanding" (Yeshaya 5:21), and "they have rejected the word of the L-ord; and what wisdom is in them?" (Yirmiyahu 8:9), and "For the ways of the L-ord are just, and the righteous do walk in them; but transgressors do stumble therein" (Hoshea 14:10).