But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, to defile it. Treasury of Scripture See on ch. Jeremiah 7:30 For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, said the LORD... Jeremiah 23:11 For both prophet and priest are profane; yes, in my house have I found their wickedness, said the LORD. 2 Kings 21:4-7 And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name... 2 Kings 23:6 And he brought out the grove from the house of the LORD, without Jerusalem, to the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron... 2 Chronicles 33:4-7,15 Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever... Ezekiel 8:5-16 Then said he to me, Son of man, lift up your eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up my eyes the way toward the north...
Context Jerusalem's Fall Confirmed
26Then came the word of the LORD to Jeremiah, saying, 27Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me? 28Therefore thus said the LORD; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take it: 29And the Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come and set fire on this city, and burn it with the houses, on whose roofs they have offered incense to Baal, and poured out drink offerings to other gods, to provoke me to anger. 30For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have only done evil before me from their youth: for the children of Israel have only provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, said the LORD. 31For this city has been to me as a provocation of my anger and of my fury from the day that they built it even to this day; that I should remove it from before my face, 32Because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the children of Judah, which they have done to provoke me to anger, they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 33And they have turned to me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not listened to receive instruction. 34But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, to defile it. 35And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire to Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
But they set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And they have set their idols in the house, in which my name is called upon, to defile it.
Darby Bible Translation
And they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it;
King James Bible
But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, to defile it.
Young's Literal Translation
'And they set their abominations in the house over which My name is called, so as to defile it;
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