8The priests did not say, Where is the Lord? and those who were expert in the law had no knowledge of me: and the rulers did evil against me, and the prophets became prophets of the Baal, going after things without value.
Jeremias 2 records the first of Jeremiah's prophetic sermons, a divine lawsuit against Judah for spiritual adultery. God recalls the honeymoon devotion of Israel in the wilderness, then contrasts it with their current pursuit of worthless idols. The chapter exposes the nation's d
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