OLD TESTAMENT

Jeremiah 5:31

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31

The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority; and my people love to have it so. What will you do in the end of it?

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Verse 31. Clapped. Hebrew “came down to, or received in, or domineered by their hands.” The priests concurred with these impostors for their own ends. Calmet.

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