Jeremías 2:8

8 Nunca preguntaron los sacerdotes:“¿Dónde está el SEÑOR?”Los expertos en la ley jamás me conocieron;los pastores se rebelaron contra mí,los profetas hablaron en nombre de Baaly se fueron tras dioses que para nada sirven.

Jeremías 2:8 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 2:8

The priests said not, where is the Lord?
&c.] Whose business it was to draw nigh to God, and offer the sacrifices of the people, and inquire of God for them; whose lips should keep knowledge, and at whose mouth the law should be sought, they being the messengers of the Lord of hosts, ( Malachi 2:7 ) : and they that handle the law knew me not;
the sanhedrim, according to Jarchi; or the lawyers and scribes, the Rabbins and doctors of the law, whose business it was to read and explain it; these did not understand it, nor the mind of God in it; and much less did they know him in a spiritual and evangelical manner; or as he is in Christ, and revealed in the Gospel: the pastors also transgressed against me;
kings, as the Targum, Jarchi, and Kimchi interpret it, who were pastors or shepherds in a civil sense; whose business it was to feed the people as the shepherd does his flock; that is, to guide and govern them by wholesome laws, by the laws of God; but, instead of this, they rebelled against the Lord, and transgressed his commands: and the prophets prophesied by Baal;
in his name; pretending to be inspired by that idol, and to receive the spirit of prophecy from him: and walked after things that do not profit;
the gods of the Gentiles, which could not supply them with the least temporal blessing, and much less give them spiritual and eternal ones; see ( Jeremiah 14:22 ) . This is to be understood of false prophets, as Ben Melech.

Jeremías 2:8 In-Context

6 Nunca preguntaron:“¿Dónde está el SEÑORque nos hizo subir de Egipto,que nos guió por el desierto,por tierra árida y accidentada,por tierra reseca y tenebrosa,por tierra que nadie transitay en la que nadie vive?”

7 Yo los traje a una tierra fértil,para que comieran de sus frutosy de su abundancia.Pero ustedes vinieron y contaminaron mi tierra;hicieron de mi heredad algo abominable.

8 Nunca preguntaron los sacerdotes:“¿Dónde está el SEÑOR?”Los expertos en la ley jamás me conocieron;los pastores se rebelaron contra mí,los profetas hablaron en nombre de Baaly se fueron tras dioses que para nada sirven.

9 Por eso, aún voy a entablar un litigio contra ustedes,y también litigaré contra los hijos de sus hijos—afirma el SEÑOR—.

10 »Crucen a las costas de Chipre, y miren;envíen mensajeros a Cedar, e infórmense bien;fíjense si ha sucedido algo semejante: