Jer 2:8, 11, 16:19 | ESV | STEP | The priests did not say , Where is the Lord ? Those who handle the law did not know me; the shepherds transgressed against me; the prophets prophesied by Baal and went after things that do not profit .

i[See ver. 8 above]

j 2 Sam. 22:33; Ps. 28:7; 31:3, 4; Isa. 25:4

Jeremiah 2:8

8 The priests did not say, ‘Where is the Lord?’
^aThose who handle the law did not know me;
^bthe shepherds ^{▼▼Or rulers} transgressed against me;
^dthe prophets prophesied by Baal
and went after ^ethings that do not profit.

Jeremiah 2:11

11 ^fHas a nation changed its gods,
^geven though they are no gods?
But my people ^hhave changed their glory
for ⁱthat which does not profit.

Jeremiah 16:19

19 ^jO Lord, my strength and my stronghold,
^kmy refuge in the day of trouble,
^lto you shall the nations come
from the ends of the earth and say:
“Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies,
^mworthless things in which there is no profit.