8 occurrences

'Desecrate' in the Bible

They set your sanctuary on fire; they desecrate your dwelling place by knocking it to the ground.

Verse ConceptsBurning JerusalemLack Of Holiness

You will desecrate your silver-plated idols and your gold-plated images. You will throw them away as if they were a menstrual rag, saying to them, "Get out!"

Verse ConceptsGoldMenstruationOverlaid With SilverAbandoning IdolsUnclean Things

I will give it to foreigners as loot, to the world's wicked ones as plunder, and they will desecrate it.

Verse ConceptsForeignersSuffering From ForeignersProsperity Of The Wicked

I will turn my face away from them and they will desecrate my treasured place. Vandals will enter it and desecrate it.

Verse ConceptsFace Of GodHeavenly FacesEntering The TempleGod Changing His MindPolluting Holy PlacesInterlopers In The Temple

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.

Verse ConceptsAt The Same TimeFood Offered To IdolsKilling Sons And Daughters

Say to the house of Israel, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: Realize I am about to desecrate my sanctuary -- the source of your confident pride, the object in which your eyes delight, and your life's passion. Your very own sons and daughters whom you have left behind will die by the sword.

Verse ConceptsFortressesKilled With The SwordChildren SufferingPolluting Holy Places

When you bring foreigners, those uncircumcised in heart and in flesh, into my sanctuary, you desecrate it -- even my house -- when you offer my food, the fat and the blood. You have broken my covenant by all your abominable practices.

Verse ConceptsBlood Of SacrificesPollutionsForeigners In The Holy PlacesBreaking The CovenantFat Of The SacrificesUncircumcised In HeartCovenant Made At Sinai

The Lord has issued a decree against you: "Your dynasty will come to an end. I will destroy the idols and images in the temples of your gods. I will desecrate your grave -- because you are accursed!"

Verse ConceptsThe DeadFalse ReligionExile, in assyriaTemples, HeathenDestruction Of Satan's WorksNames Blotted OutAbandoning Idols

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