Jeremiah 2:8

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

And they that

The pastors

Jeremiah 10:21

Jeremiah 12:10

Jeremiah 23:1

Do not

General references

Leviticus 10:11

Bible References

And they that

"How can you say, 'We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us'? But behold, the lying pen of the scribes has made it into a lie.

They shall teach Jacob your rules and Israel your law; they shall put incense before you and whole burnt offerings on your altar.

True instruction was in his mouth, and no wrong was found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and he turned many from iniquity.

Woe to you lawyers! For you have taken away the key of knowledge. You did not enter yourselves, and you hindered those who were entering."

But you have not known him. I know him. If I were to say that I do not know him, I would be a liar like you, but I do know him and I keep his word.

And they will do these things because they have not known the Father, nor me.

But if you call yourself a Jew and rely on the law and boast in God

But we have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God's word, but by the open statement of the truth we would commend ourselves to everyone's conscience in the sight of God.

The pastors

For the shepherds are stupid and do not inquire of the LORD; therefore they have not prospered, and all their flock is scattered.

Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard; they have trampled down my portion; they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.

"Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture!" declares the LORD.

Do not

Has a nation changed its gods, even though they are no gods? But my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit.

"Behold, you trust in deceptive words to no avail.

And do not turn aside after empty things that cannot profit or deliver, for they are empty.

everyone comes to shame through a people that cannot profit them, that brings neither help nor profit, but shame and disgrace."

"What profit is an idol when its maker has shaped it, a metal image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation when he makes speechless idols!

For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?

General references

and you are to teach the people of Israel all the statutes that the LORD has spoken to them by Moses."