For both prophet and priest are profane,.... 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" , as some render the word here; and are often charged with the sin of hypocrisy, and called hypocrites, Mt 22:18;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, 1Sa 2:22; 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 Jer 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, Joh 2:14.
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Jeremiah 23:11
Jeremiah 23:11
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