John Gill Commentary Jeremiah 8:10

"Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall possess them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness; from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely." — Jeremiah 8:10 (ASV)

Therefore will I give their wives to others
To strangers, to the Gentiles; than which nothing could be more disagreeable to them, or a sorer punishment, of a temporal one: and their fields to them that shall inherit them ;
or, to the heirs
^F9 ; other and new ones; and who should possess them as if they were the true and rightful heirs of them.

For everyone from the least even to the greatest is given to
covetousness; from the prophet even to the priest everyone deals
falsely ;
covetousness and false dealing, which prevailed in all ranks and orders of men among them, were the cause of their ruin: covetousness is the root of all evil; and to deal falsely, or make a lie, as the words may be rendered, is diabolical and abominable in the sight of God, and especially in men of such characters, who were to preach truth to others; (See Gill on Jeremiah 6:13).

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FOOTNOTES:

• F9: (Myvrwyl) "haeredibus", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus.