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Jeremiah 5:31 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 5 · verse 31
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?Jeremiah 5:31 · King James Version
Jeremiah 5:31 in context
29Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
30A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land;
31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- prophetsnâbîyʼa prophet or inspired manH5030 →
- prophesynâbâʼto prophesyH5012 →
- falselysheqeran untruthH8267 →
- priestskôhênliterally one officiating, a priestH3548 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- meansyâda handH3027 →
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Here, I. The prophet shows them what mischief their sins had done them: They have turned away these things (Jer 5:25), the former and the latter rain, which they used to have in due season (Jer 5:24), but which had of late been withheld (Jer 3:3), by reason of which the appointed weeks of harvest had sometimes…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 25-31