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They have wandered — God’s ministers, consecrated to His service, wandered through the city blinded by the insatiable lust of slaughte…

They have wandered ... —Literally, reeled. The blindness, i.e., either that of the insatiable lust of blood, or …

Those who simply read that the blind had wandered deduce this meaning: that the blind were polluted in the streets, because there was filth everywh…

They have wandered [as] blind [men] in the streets
That is, the false prophets and wicked priests; and may be unders…

Nothing ripens a people more for ruin, nor fills the measure faster, than the sins of priests and prophets. The king himself cannot escape, for Div…

Second, he presents their lack of repentance, because they thought they were doing enough simply by staying away from the temple entrance. T…
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes