Jeremiah 2:8

The priests have not said: ‘Where is the Lord?’ And those who held the law did not know me. And the pastors betrayed me. And the prophets prophesied in Baal and followed idols.

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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 led you into the land of Carmel, so that you would eat from its fruit and from its excellence. And having entered it, you defiled my land, and you turned my inheritance into an abomination.

9Because of this, I will still contend in judgment against you, says the Lord, and I will dispute with your sons.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 33:10your judgments, O Jacob, and your law, O Israel. They shall place incense before your fury and a holocaust upon your altar.

1 Samuel 12:21And do not choose to turn aside after vanities, which will never benefit you, nor rescue you, since they are empty.

1 Kings 18:29Then, after midday had passed, and they were prophesying, the time had arrived when the sacrifice is usually offered. And there was no voice heard, neither did anyone heed or respond to the praying.

Job 35:10Yet he has not said: “Where is God, who made me, who has given songs in the night,

Isaiah 29:10For the Lord has mixed for you a spirit of deep sleep. He will close your eyes. He will cover your prophets and leaders, who see visions.

Isaiah 56:9All beasts of the field, all the beasts of the forest: approach and devour!

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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