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Jeremiah 2:8

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priests: Jeremiah 2:6, Jeremiah 5:31, Jeremiah 8:10-11, Jeremiah 23:9-15; 1 Samuel 2:12; Isaiah 28:7, Isaiah 29:10, Isaiah 56:9-12; Hosea 4:6

and they that: Jeremiah 8:8-9; Deuteronomy 33:10; Malachi 2:6-9; Luke 11:52; John 8:55, John 16:3; Romans 2:17-24; 2 Corinthians 4:2

the pastors: Jeremiah 10:21, Jeremiah 12:10, Jeremiah 23:1-2

prophets: Jeremiah 23:13; 1 Kings 18:29, 1 Kings 18:22, 1 Kings 18:40

do not: Jeremiah 2:11, Jeremiah 7:8; 1 Samuel 12:21; Isaiah 30:5; Habakkuk 2:18; Matthew 16:26

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