King James Version
What Does Jeremiah 32:34 Mean?
“But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, to defile it.”
Context
32
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.
33
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
34
But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, to defile it.
35
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.
36
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;
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(34, 35) **They set their abominations in my house . . .**—On the sins thus referred to, see Notes on Jeremiah 7:30-31, which are here almost verbally reproduced.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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