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Summary
But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, to defile it.
General references
Bible References
General references
Jeremiah 7:30
The Lord says, "I have rejected them because the people of Judah have done what I consider evil. They have set up their disgusting idols in the temple which I have claimed for my own and have defiled it.
Jeremiah 23:11
Moreover, the Lord says, "Both the prophets and priests are godless. I have even found them doing evil in my temple!
2 Kings 21:4
He built altars in the Lord's temple, about which the Lord had said, "Jerusalem will be my home."
2 Kings 23:6
He removed the Asherah pole from the Lord's temple and took it outside Jerusalem to the Kidron Valley, where he burned it. He smashed it to dust and then threw the dust in the public graveyard.
2 Chronicles 33:4
He built altars in the Lord's temple, about which the Lord had said, "Jerusalem will be my permanent home."
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.