And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord.
Jeremiah 23:11 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) “Both prophet and priest are ungodly; even in my house I have found their wickedness, says the Lord. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith the LORD. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For both [false] prophet and priest are ungodly and profane; even in My house have I found their wickedness, says the Lord. American Standard Version (1901) for both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith Jehovah. Common English Bible Both prophet and priest are godless; I even find their evil in my temple, declares the LORD. Catholic Public Domain Version "For both the prophet and the priest have become polluted, and I have found their wickedness within my own house, says the Lord. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For the prophet and the priest are defiled: and in my house I have found their wickedness, saith the Lord. |
And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord.
And the image of the idol which he had made he set in the house of God, of which God said to David and to Solomon his son, “In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my name for ever;
All the leading priests and the people likewise were exceedingly unfaithful, following all the abominations of the nations; and they polluted the house of the Lord which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.
Of the sons of the priests who had married foreign women were found Ma-aseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah, of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak and his brethren.
What right has my beloved in my house, when she has done vile deeds? Can vows and sacrificial flesh avert your doom? Can you then exult?
Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts concerning the prophets: “Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and give them poisoned water to drink; for from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has gone forth into all the land.”
They set up their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it.
the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule at their direction; my people love to have it so, but what will you do when the end comes?
“My people have been lost sheep; their shepherds have led them astray, turning them away on the mountains; from mountain to hill they have gone, they have forgotten their fold.
“For from the least to the greatest of them, every one is greedy for unjust gain; and from prophet to priest, every one deals falsely.
“For the sons of Judah have done evil in my sight, says the Lord; they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it.
Therefore I will give their wives to others and their fields to conquerors, because from the least to the greatest every one is greedy for unjust gain; from prophet to priest every one deals falsely.
Look, O Lord, and see! With whom hast thou dealt thus? Should women eat their offspring, the children of their tender care? Should priest and prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?
For when they had slaughtered their children in sacrifice to their idols, on the same day they came into my sanctuary to profane it. And lo, this is what they did in my house.
But the Levites who went far from me, going astray from me after their idols when Israel went astray, shall bear their punishment.
Their beautiful ornament they used for vainglory, and they made their abominable images and their detestable things of it; therefore I will make it an unclean thing to them.
And before them stood seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel, with Ja-azaniah the son of Shaphan standing among them. Each had his censer in his hand, and the smoke of the cloud of incense went up.
And he brought me into the inner court of the house of the Lord; and behold, at the door of the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men, with their backs to the temple of the Lord, and their faces toward the east, worshiping the sun toward the east.
Her officials within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves that leave nothing till the morning.
Her prophets are wanton, faithless men; her priests profane what is sacred, they do violence to the law.