The Corruption and Ignorance of the Priests and Prophets
Jeremiah 2:4-8
Hear you the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:…


Two centuries ago the religious state of the English-speaking world was bad, and was rapidly becoming worse. Infidelity was fast spreading among the people, and, consequently, there was an open and professed disregard of religion and morals. The secret of this sad state was simple. The clergy, though their lives in general might not be scandalous, were, as a rule, ignorant of all spiritual truth, and in too many cases even devoid of a sound intellectual apprehension of scriptural teaching. As Cowper, referring to those clergy, tersely put it —

"Except a few with Eli's spirit blest,

Hophni and Phinehas may describe the rest."



Parallel Verses
KJV: Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:

WEB: Hear the word of Yahweh, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel!




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