John Gill's Exposition on Jeremiah 23:11

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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For both prophet and priest are profane, etc.] Being guilty of the afore mentioned sins. The Targum is, “the scribe and the priest;” and such were the scribes and priests in the time of our Lord; they played “the hypocrite”f475, as some render the word here; and are often charged with the sin of hypocrisy, and called hypocrites, (<402218>Matthew 22:18 23:1315,23,25,27,29); yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith the Lord; where they officiated in holy things, or should have done so; where the one should have instructed the people, and the other offered sacrifices for them, according to the will of God; there they committed wickedness, which was an aggravation of their sin, as was the case of Eli’s sons, (<090222>1 Samuel 2:22-24); perhaps the same sin was committed by these men; or idolatry may be meant; setting up images, and building altars for them in the house of God; (see <240730>Jeremiah 7:30); or carrying on traffic and merchandise, whereby the temple was made a house of merchandise, as it was in the times of Christ, (<430214>John 2:14-16).

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