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For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith the LORD.
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Jeremiah 23:15
Therefore, this is what the Lord of Hosts says concerning the prophets:
I am about to feed them wormwood
and give them poisoned water to drink,
for from the prophets of Jerusalem
ungodliness has spread throughout the land.
and give them poisoned water to drink,
for from the prophets of Jerusalem
ungodliness
Jeremiah 5:31 The prophets prophesy falsely,
and the priests rule by their own authority.
My people love it like this.
But what will you do at the end of it?
and the priests rule by their own authority.
My people love it like this.
But what will you do at the end of it?
Jeremiah 6:13 For from the least to the greatest of them,
everyone is making profit dishonestly.
From prophet to priest,
everyone deals falsely.
everyone is making profit dishonestly.
From prophet to priest,
everyone deals falsely.
Jeremiah 8:10 Therefore, I will give their wives to other men,
their fields to new occupants,
for from the least to the greatest,
everyone is making profit dishonestly.
From prophet to priest,
everyone deals falsely.
their fields to new occupants,
for from the least to the greatest,
everyone is making profit dishonestly.
From prophet to priest,
everyone deals falsely.
Ezekiel 22:25
The conspiracy of her prophets within her is like a roaring lion tearing its prey: they devour people, seize wealth and valuables, and multiply the widows within her.
Zephaniah 3:4 Her prophets are reckless—
treacherous men.
Her priests profane the sanctuary;
they do violence to instruction.
treacherous men.
Her priests profane the sanctuary;
they do violence to instruction.
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Jeremiah 7:10
Then do you come and stand before Me in this house called by My name and say, ‘We are delivered, so we can continue doing all these detestable acts’?
Jeremiah 11:15 What right does My beloved have
to be in My house,
having carried out so many evil schemes?
Can holy meat prevent your disaster
so you can rejoice?
to be in My house,
having carried out so many evil schemes?
Can holy meat
so you can rejoice?
Jeremiah 32:34
They have placed their detestable things in the house that is called by My name and have defiled it.
2 Chronicles 33:5
He built altars to the whole heavenly host in both courtyards of the Lord’s temple.
2 Chronicles 36:14
All the leaders of the priests and the people multiplied their unfaithful deeds, imitating all the detestable practices of the nations, and they defiled the Lord’s temple that He had consecrated in Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 7:20 He appointed His beautiful ornaments for majesty,
but they made their abhorrent images from them,
their detestable things.
Therefore, I have made these
into something filthy for them.
but
their detestable things.
Therefore, I have made these
into something filthy for them.
Ezekiel 8:5
The Lord said to me, “Son of man, look toward the north.” I looked to the north, and there was this offensive statue north of the altar gate, at the entrance.
Ezekiel 23:39
On the same day they slaughtered their children for their idols, they entered My sanctuary to profane it. Yes, that is what they did inside My house.
Matthew 21:12
Jesus went into the temple complex and drove out all those buying and selling in the temple. He overturned the money changers’ tables and the chairs of those selling doves.
General references
Jeremiah 26:7
The priests, the prophets, and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the temple of the Lord.
Jeremiah 32:34
They have placed their detestable things in the house that is called by My name and have defiled it.