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2:8 priests. These may also be “those who handle the law,” (cf. 18:18; Deut. 31:9), or the latter may be a scribal group (8:8).
shepherds. A figure often used for rulers (23:1–4).
prophets. These prophets were an official group that Jeremiah frequently opposes for their apostasy (23:9–40; 28).