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Jeremiah 23:11 Cross-References
Explore 19 cross-references for Jeremiah 23:11 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Jeremiah chapter 23 verse 11 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith the LORD.”
Jeremiah 23:11 (KJV)
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Commentary on Jeremiah 23:11
For both prophet and priest are profane—chaneph (חָנֵף) means polluted, godless, or hypocritical. Not just laypeople but those consecrated to sacred office had become defiled. This indicts the entire religious establishment. Yea, in my house have I found their wickedness—God personally discovered (matsa, מָצָא) their ra'ah (רָעָה, evil, wickedness) within the temple itself. This echoes Ezekiel 8, where God showed the prophet abominations committed inside the sanctuary: women weeping for Tammuz, men worshiping the sun, and idols in the inner courts.Saith the LORD (ne'um YHWH, נְאֻם־יְהוָה)—the ...
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Cross-References for Jeremiah 23:11
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“Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary”
“For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.”
“then they came the same day into my sanctuary to profane it; and behold”
“and drove out all of those who sold and bought in the temple”
“to defile it.”
“seeing she has worked lewdness [with] many”
“and the people”
“says Yahweh: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name”
“at the door of the temple of Yahweh”
“which is called by my name”