Jeremiah 2:8

The priests did not say, Where is the Lord? and those who were expert in the law had no knowledge of me: and the rulers did evil against me, and the prophets became prophets of the Baal, going after things without value.

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In The King James Version

The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.

In Context

7And I took you into a fertile land, where you were living on its fruit and its wealth; but when you came in, you made my land unclean, and made my heritage a disgusting thing.

9For this reason, I will again put forward my cause against you, says the Lord, even against you and against your children's children.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 33:10They will be the teachers of your decisions to Jacob and of your law to Israel: the burning of perfumes before you will be their right, and the ordering of burned offerings on your altar.

1 Samuel 12:21And do not go from the right way turning to those false gods in which there is no profit and no salvation, for they are false.

1 Kings 18:29And from the middle of the day they went on with their prayers till the time of the offering; but there was no voice, or any answer, or any who gave attention to them.

Job 35:10But no one has said, Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night;

Isaiah 29:10For the Lord has sent on you a spirit of deep sleep; and by him your eyes, the prophets, are shut, and your heads, the seers, are covered.

Isaiah 56:9All you beasts of the field, come together for your meat, even all you beasts of the wood.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 2:2-9

Jeremiah's First Message; The Divine Goodness to Israel. ( b. c. 629.) 1 Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 2 Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the Lord ; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown. 3 Israel was holiness unto the Lord , and the first-fruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the Lord . 4 Hear ye the word of the… Read the whole commentary →

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