Jeremias 2:8

8 Os sacerdotes não perguntavam pelo SENHOR;os intérpretes da lei não me conheciam,e os líderes do povose rebelaram contra mim.Os profetas profetizavam em nome de Baal,seguindo deuses inúteis.

Jeremias 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.

Jeremias 2:8 In-Context

6 Eles não perguntaram: ‘Onde está o SENHOR,que nos trouxe do Egitoe nos conduziu pelo deserto,por uma terra árida e cheia de covas,terra de seca e de trevas,terra pela qual ninguém passa e onde ninguém vive?’

7 Eu trouxe vocês a uma terra fértil,para que comessem dos seus frutos e dos seus bons produtos.Entretanto, vocês contaminaram a minha terra;tornaram a minha herança repugnante.

8 Os sacerdotes não perguntavam pelo SENHOR;os intérpretes da lei não me conheciam,e os líderes do povose rebelaram contra mim.Os profetas profetizavam em nome de Baal,seguindo deuses inúteis.

9 “Por isso, eu ainda faço denúnciascontra vocês”, diz o SENHOR,“e farei denúncias contra os seus descendentes.

10 Atravessem o mar até o litoral de Chipre e vejam;mandem observadores a Quedar e reparem de perto;e vejam se alguma vez aconteceu algo assim: