The priests said not, [a]Where is the Lord? and they that should minister the [b]Law, knew me not: the [c]pastors also offended against me, and the prophets prophesied in [d]Baal, and went after things that did not profit.

Wherefore I will yet [e]plead with you, saith the Lord, and I will plead with your children’s children.

10 For go ye to the isles of [f]Chittim, and behold, and send unto [g]Kedar, and take diligent heed, and see whether there be such things.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 2:8 They taught not the people to seek after God.
  2. Jeremiah 2:8 As the Scribes, which should have expounded the Law to the people.
  3. Jeremiah 2:8 Meaning, the Princes and Ministers: signifying, that all estates were corrupt.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. Jeremiah 2:10 Meaning, the Grecians and Italians.
  7. Jeremiah 2:10 Unto Arabia.

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