Ezekiel 7:20

They transformed the beauty of His ornaments into pride, and they made the images of their abominations and their detestable things with it; therefore I will make it an abhorrent thing to them.

Ezekiel 24:21

‘Speak to the house of Israel, “Thus says the Lord God, ‘Behold, I am about to profane My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes and the delight of your soul; and your sons and your daughters whom you have left behind will fall by the sword.

Jeremiah 7:30

For the sons of Judah have done that which is evil in My sight,” declares the Lord, “they have set their detestable things in the house which is called by My name, to defile it.

Isaiah 64:11

Our holy and beautiful house,
Where our fathers praised You,
Has been burned by fire;
And all our precious things have become a ruin.

Ezekiel 8:7-10

Then He brought me to the entrance of the court, and when I looked, behold, a hole in the wall.

Ezekiel 8:15-16

He said to me, “Do you see this, son of man? Yet you will see still greater abominations than these.”

Ezekiel 9:7

And He said to them, “Defile the temple and fill the courts with the slain. Go out!” Thus they went out and struck down the people in the city.

2 Kings 21:4

He built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My name.”

2 Kings 21:7

Then he set the carved image of Asherah that he had made, in the house of which the Lord said to David and to his son Solomon, “In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever.

2 Kings 23:11-12

He did away with the horses which the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entrance of the house of the Lord, by the chamber of Nathan-melech the official, which was in the precincts; and he burned the chariots of the sun with fire.

1 Chronicles 29:1-2

Then King David said to the entire assembly, “My son Solomon, whom alone God has chosen, is still young and inexperienced and the work is great; for the temple is not for man, but for the Lord God.

2 Chronicles 2:9

to prepare timber in abundance for me, for the house which I am about to build will be great and wonderful.

2 Chronicles 3:1-17

Then Solomon began to build the house of the Lord in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord had appeared to his father David, at the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

2 Chronicles 33:4-7

He built altars in the house of the Lord of which the Lord had said, “My name shall be in Jerusalem forever.”

2 Chronicles 36:14

Furthermore, all the officials of the priests and the people were very unfaithful following all the abominations of the nations; and they defiled the house of the Lord which He had sanctified in Jerusalem.

Ezra 3:12

Yet many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers’ households, the old men who had seen the first temple, wept with a loud voice when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, while many shouted aloud for joy,

Psalm 48:2

Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth,
Is Mount Zion in the far north,
The city of the great King.

Psalm 50:2

Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,
God has shone forth.

Psalm 87:2-3

The Lord loves the gates of Zion
More than all the other dwelling places of Jacob.

Jeremiah 7:14

therefore, I will do to the house which is called by My name, in which you trust, and to the place which I gave you and your fathers, as I did to Shiloh.

Lamentations 1:10

The adversary has stretched out his hand
Over all her precious things,
For she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary,
The ones whom You commanded
That they should not enter into Your congregation.

Lamentations 2:1

How the Lord has covered the daughter of Zion
With a cloud in His anger!
He has cast from heaven to earth
The glory of Israel,
And has not remembered His footstool
In the day of His anger.

Lamentations 2:7

The Lord has rejected His altar,
He has abandoned His sanctuary;
He has delivered into the hand of the enemy
The walls of her palaces.
They have made a noise in the house of the Lord
As in the day of an appointed feast.

Ezekiel 5:11

So as I live,’ declares the Lord God, ‘surely, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable idols and with all your abominations, therefore I will also withdraw, and My eye will have no pity and I will not spare.

Ezekiel 7:22

I will also turn My face from them, and they will profane My secret place; then robbers will enter and profane it.

Haggai 2:3

‘Who is left among you who saw this temple in its former glory? And how do you see it now? Does it not seem to you like nothing in comparison?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations and of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them.

Bible References

But

Ezekiel 5:11
So as I live,’ declares the Lord God, ‘surely, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable idols and with all your abominations, therefore I will also withdraw, and My eye will have no pity and I will not spare.
Ezekiel 8:7
Then He brought me to the entrance of the court, and when I looked, behold, a hole in the wall.
2 Kings 21:4
He built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My name.”
2 Kings 23:11
He did away with the horses which the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entrance of the house of the Lord, by the chamber of Nathan-melech the official, which was in the precincts; and he burned the chariots of the sun with fire.
2 Chronicles 33:4
He built altars in the house of the Lord of which the Lord had said, “My name shall be in Jerusalem forever.”
2 Chronicles 36:14
Furthermore, all the officials of the priests and the people were very unfaithful following all the abominations of the nations; and they defiled the house of the Lord which He had sanctified in Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 7:30
For the sons of Judah have done that which is evil in My sight,” declares the Lord, “they have set their detestable things in the house which is called by My name, to defile it.

Set it far from them

Ezekiel 7:22
I will also turn My face from them, and they will profane My secret place; then robbers will enter and profane it.
Ezekiel 9:7
And He said to them, “Defile the temple and fill the courts with the slain. Go out!” Thus they went out and struck down the people in the city.
Ezekiel 24:21
‘Speak to the house of Israel, “Thus says the Lord God, ‘Behold, I am about to profane My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes and the delight of your soul; and your sons and your daughters whom you have left behind will fall by the sword.
Jeremiah 7:14
therefore, I will do to the house which is called by My name, in which you trust, and to the place which I gave you and your fathers, as I did to Shiloh.
Lamentations 1:10
The adversary has stretched out his hand
Over all her precious things,
For she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary,
The ones whom You commanded
That they should not enter into Your congregation.
Lamentations 2:1
How the Lord has covered the daughter of Zion
With a cloud in His anger!
He has cast from heaven to earth
The glory of Israel,
And has not remembered His footstool
In the day of His anger.

General references

Ezekiel 9:7
And He said to them, “Defile the temple and fill the courts with the slain. Go out!” Thus they went out and struck down the people in the city.
Ezekiel 11:18
When they come there, they will remove all its detestable things and all its abominations from it.
Ezekiel 16:16
You took some of your clothes, made for yourself high places of various colors and played the harlot on them, which should never come about nor happen.

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