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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
So then I, the Lord who rules over all, have something to say concerning the prophets of Jerusalem: 'I will make these prophets eat the bitter food of suffering and drink the poison water of judgment. For the prophets of Jerusalem are the reason that ungodliness has spread throughout the land.'"
Jeremiah 5:31
The prophets prophesy lies. The priests exercise power by their own authority. And my people love to have it this way. But they will not be able to help you when the time of judgment comes!
Jeremiah 6:13
"That is because, from the least important to the most important of them, all of them are greedy for dishonest gain. Prophets and priests alike, all of them practice deceit.
Jeremiah 8:10
So I will give their wives to other men and their fields to new owners. For from the least important to the most important of them, all of them are greedy for dishonest gain. Prophets and priests alike, all practice deceit.
Ezekiel 22:25
Her princes within her are like a roaring lion tearing its prey; they have devoured lives. They take away riches and valuable things; they have made many women widows within it.
Zephaniah 3:4
Her prophets are proud; they are deceitful men. Her priests defile what is holy; they break God's laws.
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Jeremiah 7:10
Then you come and stand in my presence in this temple I have claimed as my own and say, "We are safe!" You think you are so safe that you go on doing all those hateful sins!
Jeremiah 11:15
The Lord says to the people of Judah, "What right do you have to be in my temple, my beloved people? Many of you have done wicked things. Can your acts of treachery be so easily canceled by sacred offerings that you take joy in doing evil even while you make them?
Jeremiah 32:34
They set up their disgusting idols in the temple which I have claimed for my own and defiled it.
2 Chronicles 33:5
In the two courtyards of the Lord's temple he built altars for all the stars in the sky.
2 Chronicles 36:14
All the leaders of the priests and people became more unfaithful and committed the same horrible sins practiced by the nations. They defiled the Lord's temple which he had consecrated in Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 7:20
They rendered the beauty of his ornaments into pride, and with it they made their abominable images -- their detestable idols. Therefore I will render it filthy to them.
Ezekiel 8:5
He said to me, "Son of man, look up toward the north." So I looked up toward the north, and I noticed to the north of the altar gate was this statue of jealousy at the entrance.
Ezekiel 23:39
On the same day they slaughtered their sons for their idols, they came to my sanctuary to desecrate it. This is what they have done in the middle of my house.
Matthew 21:12
Then Jesus entered the temple area and drove out all those who were selling and buying in the temple courts, and turned over the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves.
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Jeremiah 26:7
The priests, the prophets, and all the people heard Jeremiah say these things in the Lord's temple.
Jeremiah 32:34
They set up their disgusting idols in the temple which I have claimed for my own and defiled it.