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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 7:30 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 7:30 |
Strong Concordance |
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. |
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King James |
For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith the LORD: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to pollute it. |
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] |
| set their abominations in the house-- (Jer 32:34; Kg2 21:4, Kg2 21:7; Kg2 23:4; Eze 8:5-14). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| In the house - It was not enough to have their idols abroad in the hills and groves, but they must bring them into God's house. |
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].
4 And the king [04428] commanded [06680] Hilkiah [02518] the high [01419] priest [03548], and the priests [03548] of the second order [04932], and the keepers [08104] of the door [05592], to bring forth [03318] out of the temple [01964] of the LORD [03068] all the vessels [03627] that were made [06213] for Baal [01168], and for the grove [0842], and for all the host [06635] of heaven [08064]: and he burned [08313] them without [02351] Jerusalem [03389] in the fields [07709] of Kidron [06939], and carried [05375] the ashes [06083] of them unto Bethel [01008].
7 And he set [07760] a graven image [06459] of the grove [0842] that he had made [06213] in the house [01004], of which the LORD [03068] said [0559] to David [01732], and to Solomon [08010] his son [01121], In this house [01004], and in Jerusalem [03389], which I have chosen [0977] out of all tribes [07626] of Israel [03478], will I put [07760] my name [08034] for ever [05769]:
4 And he built [01129] altars [04196] in the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], of which the LORD [03068] said [0559], In Jerusalem [03389] will I put [07760] my name [08034].
34 But they set [07760] their abominations [08251] in the house [01004], which is called [07121] by my name [08034], to defile [02930] it.