“‘From the least to the greatest of them,
Everyone is greedy for unjust gain.
From prophet to priest,
Everyone deals falsely.
They have treated
The wound of my people carelessly.
Saying.
‘Peace!
Peace!’
When there is no peace.
They acted shamefully.
They committed abominations.
Yet they were not at all ashamed.
They did not know how to blush.
Therefore they shall fall
Among those who fall.
At the time that I punish them,
They shall be overthrown.’
Says Yahweh.”
Yahweh, via Jeremiah, is not happy about the false priests and prophets. This goes for the least of the people to the most important ones in Jerusalem. All of them were greedy for monetary gain. They were all careless with his people. They pretended that there was peace when there was no peace there. They acted shamefully, but they were not ashamed, since they didn’t even know how to blush. These priests and prophets would fall with all the others, as they will be overthrown at the time of punishment.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 