John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 23:11
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" F17 חנפו "hypocritae fuerunt", Vatablus, Montanus; "hypocritas agunt", Piscator; "hypocrisin exercent", Schmidt, Cocceius. , as some render the word here; and are often charged with the sin of hypocrisy, and called hypocrites, Matthew 22:18 ; yea, in my... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 23:9-32
Here is a long lesson for the false prophets. As none were more bitter and spiteful against God's true prophets than they, so there were none on whom the true prophets were more severe, and justly. The prophet had complained to God of those false prophets (Jer. 14:13), and had often foretold that they should be involved in the common ruin; but here they have woes of their own. I. He expresses the deep concern that he was under upon this account, and what a trouble it was to him to see men who... read more