For both prophet and priest are profane: While by their office they are consecrated to God, they have made themselves common and unholy by t…

In my house have I found their wickedness. —Prophet and priest are joined, as before (Jeremiah 5:31; [Referen…

It is an awful thing when wickedness abounds even in the house of God; and it is feared that, in many places, the church of the present day is not …

He adds here that it should not seem strange that the prophets were silent when they ought to have loudly cried out, because they were guilty thems…

For both prophet and priest are profane Being guilty of the aforementioned sins. The Targum is, 'the scribe and the pries…

The false prophets of Samaria had deceived the Israelites into idolatries; yet the Lord considered the false prophets of Jerusalem guilty of more h…

Here, he notes the wickedness of the prophets as the cause of the wickedness of the people:

1. First, in general, he speaks of their …