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, as some render the word here; and are often charged with the sin of hypocrisy, and called hypocrites, (
Matthew 22:18 ) (
Matthew 23:13-15 Matthew 23:23 Matthew 23:25 Matthew 23:27 Matthew 23:29 ) ;
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, (
1 Samuel 2:22-24 ) ; 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 (
Jeremiah 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, (
John 2:14-16 ) .