Jeremiah 32:34

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“They have placed their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it.”

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BSBPD

“They have placed their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`And they set their abominations in the house over which My name is called, so as to defile it;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Jeremiah 32:34 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 2 Kings 21:4Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My Name.”
  2. 2 Kings 23:6He brought the Asherah pole from the house of the LORD to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem, and there he burned it, ground it to powder, and threw its dust on the graves of the common people.
  3. 2 Chronicles 33:4Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “My Name will remain in Jerusalem forever.”
  4. 2 Chronicles 33:15He removed the foreign gods and the idol from the house of the LORD, along with all the altars he had built on the temple mount and in Jerusalem, and he dumped them outside the city.
  5. 2 Chronicles 36:14Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people multiplied their unfaithful deeds, following all the abominations of the nations, and they defiled the house of the LORD, which He had consecrated in Jerusalem.
  6. Jeremiah 7:30For the people of Judah have done evil in My sight, declares the LORD. They have set up their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it.
  7. Jeremiah 7:31They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Hinnom so they could burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I never commanded, nor did it even enter My mind.
  8. Jeremiah 23:11“For both prophet and priest are ungodly; even in My house I have found their wickedness,” declares the LORD.
  9. Jeremiah 30:14All your lovers have forgotten you; they no longer seek you, for I have struck you as an enemy would, with the discipline of someone cruel, because of your great iniquity and your numerous sins.
  10. Ezekiel 8:5“Son of man,” He said to me, “now lift up your eyes to the north.” So I lifted up my eyes to the north, and in the entrance north of the Altar Gate I saw this idol of jealousy.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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