Jeremiah 5:31

"When Amos and Isaiah attacked the priesthood of Judah, they still felt that there remained the Prophets on whom the nation could fall back. But when Jeremiah mourned for Israel, he felt that there was no reserve in Judah. And when the Priesthood closed in hostile array around him, he felt that, as far as Jerusalem was concerned, the Prophets were no supporters." (Stanley, J. Ch., II. 441.)

bear rule possibly, reading a somewhat similar verbal form from the root whence Torah comes, teach, this being an important function of the priests. Cp. Jeremiah 13:18; Ezekiel 7:26; Haggai 2:11; Malachi 2:7. Du."s rendering (from a rare root of the same consonants, meaning to scrape), "put money into their pockets," is hardly to be accepted.

by their means as mg. at their hands, under their guidance, at their pleasure. So Gi. Cp. for this sense 1Ch 25:3; 2 Chronicles 23:18; Ezra 3:10, "after the order of."