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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 23:11 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 23:11 |
Strong Concordance |
For both prophet [05030] and priest [03548] are profane [02610]; yea, in my house [01004] have I found [04672] their wickedness [07451], saith [05002] the LORD [03068]. |
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King James |
For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith the LORD. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
profane-- (Eze 23:39; Zep 3:4).
in my house-- (Jer 7:30). They built altars to idols in the very temple (Kg2 23:12; Eze 8:3-16). Compare as to covetousness under the roof of the sanctuary, Mat 21:13; Joh 2:16. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
For both prophet and priest are profane - While by their office they are consecrated to God, they have made themselves common and unholy by their sins. See Jer 3:9 note.
Yea, in my house - This may refer to sins such as those of the sons of Eli Sa1 2:22, or that they had defiled the temple by idolatrous rites. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| In my house - They had even introduced idolatry into the Temple of God! |
16 And [2532] said [2036] unto them that sold [4453] doves [4058], Take [142] these things [5023] hence [1782]; make [4160] not [3361] my [3450] Father's [3962] house [3624] an house [3624] of merchandise [1712].
13 And [2532] said [3004] unto them [846], It is written [1125], My [3450] house [3624] shall be called [2564] the house [3624] of prayer [4335]; but [1161] ye [5210] have made [4160] it [846] a den [4693] of thieves [3027].
3 And he put forth [07971] the form [08403] of an hand [03027], and took [03947] me by a lock [06734] of mine head [07218]; and the spirit [07307] lifted me up [05375] between the earth [0776] and the heaven [08064], and brought [0935] me in the visions [04759] of God [0430] to Jerusalem [03389], to the door [06607] of the inner [06442] gate [08179] that looketh [06437] toward the north [06828]; where was the seat [04186] of the image [05566] of jealousy [07068], which provoketh to jealousy [07069].
4 And, behold, the glory [03519] of the God [0430] of Israel [03478] was there, according to the vision [04758] that I saw [07200] in the plain [01237].
5 Then said [0559] he unto me, Son [01121] of man [0120], lift up [05375] thine eyes [05869] now the way [01870] toward the north [06828]. So I lifted up [05375] mine eyes [05869] the way [01870] toward the north [06828], and behold northward [06828] at the gate [08179] of the altar [04196] this image [05566] of jealousy [07068] in the entry [0872].
6 He said [0559] furthermore unto me, Son [01121] of man [0120], seest [07200] thou what they do [06213]? even the great [01419] abominations [08441] that the house [01004] of Israel [03478] committeth [06213] here, that I should go far off [07368] from my sanctuary [04720]? but turn [07725] thee yet again, and thou shalt see [07200] greater [01419] abominations [08441].
7 And he brought [0935] me to the door [06607] of the court [02691]; and when I looked [07200], behold a [0259] hole [02356] in the wall [07023].
8 Then said [0559] he unto me, Son [01121] of man [0120], dig [02864] now in the wall [07023]: and when I had digged [02864] in the wall [07023], behold a [0259] door [06607].
9 And he said [0559] unto me, Go in [0935], and behold [07200] the wicked [07451] abominations [08441] that they do [06213] here.
10 So I went in [0935] and saw [07200]; and behold every form [08403] of creeping things [07431], and abominable [08263] beasts [0929], and all the idols [01544] of the house [01004] of Israel [03478], pourtrayed [02707] upon the wall [07023] round about [05439].
11 And there stood [05975] before [06440] them seventy [07657] men [0376] of the ancients [02205] of the house [01004] of Israel [03478], and in the midst [08432] of them stood [05975] Jaazaniah [02970] the son [01121] of Shaphan [08227], with every man [0376] his censer [04730] in his hand [03027]; and a thick [06282] cloud [06051] of incense [07004] went up [05927].
12 Then said [0559] he unto me, Son [01121] of man [0120], hast thou seen [07200] what the ancients [02205] of the house [01004] of Israel [03478] do [06213] in the dark [02822], every man [0376] in the chambers [02315] of his imagery [04906]? for they say [0559], The LORD [03068] seeth [07200] us not; the LORD [03068] hath forsaken [05800] the earth [0776].
13 He said [0559] also unto me, Turn [07725] thee yet again, and thou shalt see [07200] greater [01419] abominations [08441] that they do [06213].
14 Then he brought [0935] me to the door [06607] of the gate [08179] of the LORD'S [03068] house [01004] which was toward the north [06828]; and, behold, there sat [03427] women [0802] weeping [01058] for Tammuz [08542].
15 Then said [0559] he unto me, Hast thou seen [07200] this, O son [01121] of man [0120]? turn [07725] thee yet again, and thou shalt see [07200] greater [01419] abominations [08441] than these.
16 And he brought [0935] me into the inner [06442] court [02691] of the LORD'S [03068] house [01004], and, behold, at the door [06607] of the temple [01964] of the LORD [03068], between the porch [0197] and the altar [04196], were about five [02568] and twenty [06242] men [0376], with their backs [0268] toward the temple [01964] of the LORD [03068], and their faces [06440] toward the east [06924]; and they worshipped [07812] the sun [08121] toward the east [06924].
12 And the altars [04196] that were on the top [01406] of the upper chamber [05944] of Ahaz [0271], which the kings [04428] of Judah [03063] had made [06213], and the altars [04196] which Manasseh [04519] had made [06213] in the two [08147] courts [02691] of the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], did the king [04428] beat down [05422], and brake them down [07323] from thence, and cast [07993] the dust [06083] of them into the brook [05158] Kidron [06939].
30 For the children [01121] of Judah [03063] have done [06213] evil [07451] in my sight [05869], saith [05002] the LORD [03068]: they have set [07760] their abominations [08251] in the house [01004] which is called [07121] by my name [08034], to pollute [02930] it.
4 Her prophets [05030] are light [06348] and treacherous [0900] persons [0582]: her priests [03548] have polluted [02490] the sanctuary [06944], they have done violence [02554] to the law [08451].
39 For when they had slain [07819] their children [01121] to their idols [01544], then they came [0935] the same day [03117] into my sanctuary [04720] to profane [02490] it; and, lo, thus have they done [06213] in the midst [08432] of mine house [01004].
22 Now Eli [05941] was very [03966] old [02204], and heard [08085] all that his sons [01121] did [06213] unto all Israel [03478]; and how they lay [07901] with the women [0802] that assembled [06633] at the door [06607] of the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150].
9 And it came to pass through the lightness [06963] of her whoredom [02184], that she defiled [02610] the land [0776], and committed adultery [05003] with stones [068] and with stocks [06086].