KJV King James Version
The priests said not, Where [is] the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after [things that] do not profit.
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Jeremiah 2:8
The priests said not, Where [is] the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after [things that] do not profit.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The priests did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD?’ The experts in the law no longer knew Me, and the leaders rebelled against Me. The prophets prophesied by Baal and followed useless idols.
WEB World English Bible
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.
ASV American Standard Version
The priests said not, Where is Jehovah? and they that handle the law knew me not: the rulers also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
The priests have not said, ‘Where is Jehovah?’ And those handling the law have not known Me. And the shepherds transgressed against Me, And the prophets have prophesied by Baal, And after those who profit not have gone.
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 2
5 Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?
6 Neither said they, Where [is] the LORD that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?
7 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 made mine heritage an abomination.
8 The priests said not, Where [is] the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after [things that] do not profit.
9 Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children’s children will I plead.
10 For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing.
11 Hath a nation changed [their] gods, which [are] yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for [that which] doth not profit.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
הַכֹּהֲנִ֗יםH3548 · ko.henpriestלֹ֤אH3808 · lonotאָֽמְרוּ֙H559 · a.marto sayאַיֵּ֣הH346 · ay.yehwhere?יְהוָ֔הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDוְתֹפְשֵׂ֤יH8610 · ta.pha.sto captureהַתּוֹרָה֙H8451 · to.rahinstructionלֹ֣אH3808 · lonotיְדָע֔וּנִיH3045 · ya.dato knowוְהָרֹעִ֖יםH7462 · bet-e.qed ha.ro.imHouse of Shepherdsפָּ֣שְׁעוּH6586 · pa.sahto transgressבִ֑יH9030 · nimeוְהַנְּבִיאִים֙H5030 · na.viprophetנִבְּא֣וּH5012 · na.vato prophesyבַבַּ֔עַלH1168 · ba.alBaalוְאַחֲרֵ֥יH310 · a.charafterלֹֽא־H3808 · lonotיוֹעִ֖לוּH3276 · ya.alto gainהָלָֽכוּ׃H1980 · ha.lakhto go: went
Cross-references
Habakkuk 2:18What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?Romans 2:17-24Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,2 Corinthians 4:2But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.Jeremiah 5:31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love [to have it] so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?Jeremiah 10:21For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.Hosea 4:6My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.Luke 11:52Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.Isaiah 30:5They were all ashamed of a people [that] could not profit them, nor be an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.Isaiah 29:10For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered.John 16:3And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.1 Kings 18:40And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.Jeremiah 8:8-11How do ye say, We [are] wise, and the law of the LORD [is] with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he [it]; the pen of the scribes [is] in vain.John 8:55Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.Jeremiah 7:8Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.Jeremiah 23:1-2Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD.Deuteronomy 33:10They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: they shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar.Jeremiah 16:19O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and [things] wherein [there is] no profit.Isaiah 56:9-12All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, [yea], all ye beasts in the forest.
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