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For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith the LORD.

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Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Prophètes et sacrificateurs sont corrompus; Même dans ma maison j'ai trouvé leur méchanceté, Dit l'Eternel.

KJV

For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith the LORD.

Patristic reading

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  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    e most deplorable, for it is written ( Jer. 23:9 ): "My heart is broken within me," and afterwards ( Jer. 23:11 ): "For the prophet and the priest are defiled; and in My house I have found their wickedness." Therefore religious and others who are in the state of perfection, other…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 147 (Migne)

    et Dominus sacerdotes, subjungit: Namque sacerdotes polluti sunt, et in domo mea inveni malum eorum (Jer. XXIII, 11) . Polluti sunt peccatis, quos mundos esse deceret, quia mundos alios facere debent; oportet enim manum [Note: [Col. 0223] Subauditur ejus. Vide tempestates qui pag…

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