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Jeremiah 32:34

Sin

32 Because 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.

33 And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.

But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, to defile it.

35 And 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 unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.

36 And now therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning this city, whereof ye say, It shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence;

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
They have placed their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it.
KJV
But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, to defile it.
WEB
But they set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it.
ASV
But they set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it.
DARBY
And they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it;
BLB
And they set their abominations in the house upon which My name is called, to defile it.
ÅB
Men de satte sine avskyelige ting i det hus som er kalt med mitt navn, og gjorde det urent.
OTB
De satte opp sine avskyelige bilder i huset som bærer Mitt navn og vanhelliget det.
B1930
Men de satte sine vederstyggelige ting i det hus som er kalt med mitt navn, og gjorde det urent.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 7:30

    For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith the LORD: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to pollute it.

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  • Ezekiel 8:5–16

    Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, and behold northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry.

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  • Jeremiah 23:11

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

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  • 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.

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  • 2 Kings 23:6

    And he brought out the grove from the house of the LORD, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people.

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  • 2 Chronicles 33:15

    And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the LORD, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the LORD, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.

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  • 2 Chronicles 33:4–7

    Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.

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