Jeremías 2:8

8 Los sacerdotes no dijeron: "¿Dónde está el SEÑOR?" Los que se ocupaban de la ley no me conocieron, los gobernantes ^[a] se rebelaron contra mí, y los profetas profetizaban por Baal, y andaban tras cosas que no aprovechan.

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 Tampoco dijeron: ¿Dónde está el SEÑOR que nos hizo subir de la tierra de Egipto, que nos condujo por el desierto, por una tierra de yermos y de barrancos, por una tierra seca y tenebrosa, una tierra por la que nadie pasó y donde ningún hombre habitó?

7 Yo os traje a una tierra fértil, para que comierais de su fruto y de sus delicias; pero vinisteis y contaminasteis mi tierra, y de mi heredad hicisteis abominación.

8 Los sacerdotes no dijeron: "¿Dónde está el SEÑOR?" Los que se ocupaban de la ley no me conocieron, los gobernantes se rebelaron contra mí, y los profetas profetizaban por Baal, y andaban tras cosas que no aprovechan.

9 Por tanto, aún contenderé con vosotrosdeclara el SEÑOR y con los hijos de vuestros hijos contenderé.

10 Pasad, pues, a las islas de Quitim y ved, enviad a Cedar y observad atentamente, y ved si ha habido cosa semejante:

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit., pastores