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The priests didn`t say, Where is Yahweh? and those who handle the law didn`t know me: the rulers also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.
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A Failure of Leadership
Commentators unanimously highlight how Jeremiah condemns every level of Israel's leadership. Priests were indifferent, legal experts didn't know God, civil rulers (called 'pastors' or 'shepherds') were rebellious, and prophets were inspired by the false god Baal. This shows the catastrophic spiritual decay that occurs when those entrusted with guiding the people lead them astray.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The guilt of this idolatry is ascribed to the four ruling classes:
19th Century
Anglican
The priests said not ... — As throughout the work of Jeremiah and most of the prophets of the Old Testament, what weighed most heavily on …
Baptist
And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof, and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and ma…
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16th Century
Protestant
God here especially assails the teachers and those to whom the power of ruling the people was entrusted. It often happens that the common people fa…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The priests said not, where is the Lord? &c.] Whose business it was to draw nigh to God, and offer the sacrifices of the …
Those who begin well, but do not persevere, will justly be rebuked for their hopeful and promising beginnings. Those who desert religion commonly o…
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13th Century
Catholic
1. Here he follows the order of judgment.
He speaks first of the accusation. Second, he refutes their excuse, as in Jeremiah 2:21:
