Jeremiah 2:8

“The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.”

"The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit." - Jeremiah 2:8
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What does Jeremiah 2:8 mean?

The verse Jeremiah 2:8 in the King James Version (KJV) states: "The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit." This…

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The Call to Faithfulness: Reflecting on Jeremiah 2:8

Jeremiah 2:8 (KJV) states, "The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit." This verse serves as a poignant reminder of…

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A Prayer for Spiritual Awakening and Return to the Lord

O Lord, our God, as we come before You in humility and reverence, we reflect upon the profound truth spoken through Your prophet Jeremiah in chapter 2, verse 8: 'The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed…

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Jeremiah 2:8 - "The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit."
Jeremiah 43:8 - "¶ Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,"
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Jeremiah 17:7-8
Jeremiah 17:7-8
Jeremiah 36:8 - "And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading in the book the words of the LORD in the LORD'S house."
Jeremiah 13:8 - "Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,"
Jeremiah 8:20 - "The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved."
Jeremiah 10:8 - "But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities."
"¶ Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying," - Jeremiah 43:8
Jeremiah 8:8 - "How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain."
Jeremiah 7:8 - "¶ Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit."
Jeremiah 34:8 - "¶ This is the word that came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people which were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them;"
Jeremiah 8:15 - "We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!"
Jeremiah 8:22 - "Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?"
Jeremiah 1:8 - "Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD."
Jeremiah 38:8 - "Ebed-melech went forth out of the king's house, and spake to the king, saying,"
Jeremiah 37:8 - "And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire."
Jeremiah 8:2 - "And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth."
Jeremiah 16:8 - "Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink."
Jeremiah 5:8 - "They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour's wife."
Jeremiah 25:8 - "¶ Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Because ye have not heard my words,"
Jeremiah 8:18 - "¶ When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me."
Jeremiah 39:8 - "¶ And the Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem."
Jeremiah 8:5 - "Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return."
Jeremiah 25:2 - "The which Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying,"
Jeremiah 3:2
Jeremiah 8:11 - "For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace."