Jer 8:8

[dia_liom]

Jer 8:8 says 'How can you say, 'We are wise because we have the law of the Lord,', when your teachers have twisted it so badly.' (NLT)

What is this referring to? Does it refer to prophecies of Jesus? The 'additions' to God's law by religious authorities? Warning of other sorts of errors (additions/deletions) to God's word?

And how do we know that there haven't been changes made in our modern Bible to what was taught 2000 years ago?

 

[foadle]

As far as knowing if there has been changes to the modern Bible I don't now as we can be really certain except through faith.
I believe the statement was made to the Isrealites but was a generally warning to everyone.

 

[Jonesie]

I think that this passage is talking about the teachers of that time. As we can see, many of the Pharisees of the New Testament were off base on many things because of pride and glory etc. I believe that this passage is talking about people who wrote the laws that were found in Scripture and were changing them to fit their needs better. As far as the changes go there are a few takes on that. If you are a Protestant, you have the Bible with 66 books. If you are a Catholic you have a Bible with more books than that. The reason for the fewer books in the Protestant Bible is because they often times had chronological inaccuracies and other problems like that. What is in the Protestant Bible now (in my opinion) is what God has ordained to be there. Why would God have Christians follow His Word if it was wrong? Hope that helps.