Jeremiah 23:11 - Exposition

Both prophet and priest are profane ; i.e. are unholy, disobeying the Divine commands (see on Jeremiah 5:7 ). The same two important classes specified as in Jeremiah 6:13 . Yea, in my house , etc. Evidently some sin specially incongruous with its locality is referred to, either idolatry (comp. Jeremiah 7:30 ) or the totemistic worship of figures of animals ( Ezekiel 8:10 , Ezekiel 8:11 ). Comp. note on Jeremiah 5:7 .