Jeremiah 2:8
The priests said not: 'Where is the LORD?' And they that handle the law knew Me not, and the rulers transgressed against Me; the prophets also prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
9Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children's children will I plead.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 33:10They shall teach Jacob Thine ordinances, and Israel Thy law; they shall put incense before Thee, and whole burnt-offering upon Thine altar.
1 Samuel 12:21and turn ye not aside; for then should ye go after vain things which cannot profit nor deliver, for they are vain.
1 Kings 18:29And it was so, when midday was past, that they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening offering; but their was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded.
Job 35:10But none saith: 'Where is God my Maker, who giveth songs in the night;
Isaiah 29:10For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes; the prophets, and your heads, the seers, hath He covered.
Isaiah 56:9All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts in the forest.
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 →