Jeremiah 2:7-9
1599 Geneva Bible
7 And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof, and the commodities of the same: but when ye entered, ye defiled [a]my land, and made mine heritage an abomination.
8 The priests said not, [b]Where is the Lord? and they that should minister the [c]Law, knew me not: the [d]pastors also offended against me, and the prophets prophesied in [e]Baal, and went after things that did not profit.
9 Wherefore I will yet [f]plead with you, saith the Lord, and I will plead with your children’s children.
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- Jeremiah 2:7 By your idolatry and wicked manners, Ps. 78:58 and 106:38.
- Jeremiah 2:8 They taught not the people to seek after God.
- Jeremiah 2:8 As the Scribes, which should have expounded the Law to the people.
- Jeremiah 2:8 Meaning, the Princes and Ministers: signifying, that all estates were corrupt.
- Jeremiah 2:8 That is, spake vain things, and brought the people from the true worship of God to serve idols: for by Baal, which was the chief idol of the Moabites, are meant all idols.
- Jeremiah 2:9 Signifying that he would not as he might, straightway condemn them, but showeth them by evident examples their great ingratitude that they might be ashamed and repent.
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