King James Version
Jeremiah 32:34 in the King James Version says “But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, to defile it.” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 32 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, to defile it.”
Jeremiah 32:34 · KJV
Because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the children of Judah, which they have done to provoke me to anger, they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction. back: Heb. neck
But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, to defile it.
And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.
And now therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning this city, whereof ye say, It shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence;
KJV Study — Public Domain
“But they set”
H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
“their abominations”
H8251disgusting, i.e., filthy; especially idolatrous or (concretely) an idol
“in the house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“which is called”
H7121to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
“by my name”
H8034an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“to defile”
H2930to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)
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