[The LORD says,] “A horrible and shocking thing
has happened in the land:
The prophets prophesy lies,
the priests rule by their own authority,
and my people love it this way.
But what will you do in the end? (Jeremiah 5:30-31)
The prophets prophesy lies,
the priests rule by their own authority,
and my people love it this way.
But what will you do in the end? (Jeremiah 5:30-31)
Perversity: a deliberate desire to behave in an unreasonable or unacceptable way; contrariness.
What is a prophet to do? The prophet is bound to tell the truth, to repeat a word from God. What is a priest to do? The priest is called to mediate the things of God among a people and to represent them before God. What are God's people to do? God's people are to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with God (reference Micah 6:8).
Jeremiah pours out his heart at the perversity he sees.
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