Jeremiah 32:34

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

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

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

In Context

33And they turned unto me the back, and not the face: though [my prophets] taught them, rising up early and teaching; yet they hearkened not to receive instruction.

35And they built the high-places of Ba'al, 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 had not commanded them, and which had not come into my mind, to practise this abomination, in order to mislead Judah to sin.

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Cross References

2 Kings 21:4And he built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.

2 Chronicles 33:4And he built altars in the house of the Lord, whereof the Lord had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.

2 Chronicles 36:14Also all the chiefs of the priests and the people committed manifold trespasses, like all the abominable acts of the [foreign] nations: and they defiled the house of the Lord which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 7:31And they have built the high-places of Thophet, which is in the valley of Ben-hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I had not commanded, and which never came into my mind.

Jeremiah 30:14All thy lovers have forgotten thee; thee they seek not; for with the blow of an enemy have I smitten thee, with cruel chastisement, for the multitude of thy iniquity, because thy sins were so numerous.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 32:27-44

Judgments Predicted; Restoration of the Jews; Encouraging Promises. ( b. c. 589.) 26 Then came the word of the Lord unto Jeremiah, saying, 27 Behold, I am the Lord , the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me? 28 Therefore thus saith 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: 29 And the Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come and set fire on this city, and burn it with the houses, upon… Read the whole commentary →

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