Jeremiah 2:8

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6 Neither did they say, ‘Where is the Lord,
Who ^abrought us up out of the land of Egypt,
Who led us through ^bthe wilderness,
Through a land of deserts and pits,
Through a land of drought and the shadow of death,
Through a land that no one crossed
And where no one dwelt?’

7 I brought you into ^aa bountiful country,
To eat its fruit and its goodness.
But when you entered, you ^bdefiled My land
And made My heritage an abomination.

8 The priests did not say, ‘Where is the Lord?’
And those who handle the ^alaw did not know Me;
The rulers also transgressed against Me;
^bThe prophets prophesied by Baal,
And walked after things that do not profit.

9 “Therefore ^aI will yet bring charges against you,” says the Lord,
“And against your children’s children I will bring charges.

10 For pass beyond the coasts of¹ Cyprus and see,
Send to¹ Kedar and consider diligently,
And see if there has been such a ^athing.

11 ^aHas a nation changed its gods,
Which are ^bnot gods?
^cBut My people have changed their Glory
For what does not profit.

12 Be astonished, O heavens, at this,
And be horribly afraid;
Be very desolate,” says the Lord.

13 “For My people have committed two evils:
They have forsaken Me, the ^afountain of living waters,
And hewn themselves cisterns—broken cisterns that can hold no water.

14 “Is Israel ^aa servant?
Is he a homeborn slave?
Why is he plundered?

15 ^aThe young lions roared at him, and growled;
They made his land waste;
His cities are burned, without inhabitant.

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Jeremiah 2:8

The guilt of this idolatry is ascribed to the four ruling classes:

(a) The accusation brought against the priests is indifference.

(b) "They that handle the law" belonged also to the priestly class Deuteronomy 33:10. Their offence was that "they knew not God." Compare Micah 3:11.

(d) The fourth class are "the prophets." It was their business to press the moral and spiritual truths of the law home to the hearts of the people: but they drew their inspiration from Baal, the Sun-god. Upon the corruption of the prophetic order at this time, see the Jeremiah 14:13 note.

Things that do not profit - Here idols, which are not merely unreal, but injurious. See I Samuel 12:21; Isaiah 44:9.

**Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Jeremiah 2:8:**

2 Kings 21:9
Isaiah 1:2
Jeremiah 3:15
Jeremiah 10:19-25
Jeremiah 17:5-18
Jeremiah 23:1
Jeremiah 50:6
Ezekiel 34:2
Habakkuk 2:18
Zechariah 11:8
Malachi 2:6
1 Peter 1:18

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