Jeremiah 23:11

Easy To Read Version

“The prophets and even the priests are evil.\par I have seen them doing evil things\par in my own temple.”\par This message is from the Lord.\par

Cross References

2 Chronicles 33:5

Manasseh built altars for all the groups of stars in the two yards of the Lord’s temple.

2 Chronicles 33:7

Manasseh also made a statue of an idol and put it in God’s temple—the very same temple that God had talked about to David and his son Solomon. God had said, “I will put my name in this house and in Jerusalem—the city that I chose from \{all the cities in\} all the family groups—\{and my name will be there\} forever!

2 Chronicles 36:14

Also, all the leaders of the priests and the leaders of the people of Judah sinned worse and became more unfaithful to the Lord. They followed the evil example of the other nations. Those leaders ruined the Lord’s temple. {\cf2\super [453]} The Lord had made the temple holy in Jerusalem.

Ezra 10:18

These are the names of the descendants of the priests that married foreign women:

Jeremiah 11:15

{\cf2\super [97]} “Why is my lover (Judah)\par in my house (temple)?\par She has no right to be there.\par She had done many evil things.\par Judah, do you think that special promises\par and animal sacrifices will stop you\par from being destroyed?\par Do you think you can escape punishment\par by offering sacrifices to me?”\par

Jeremiah 23:15

So, this is what the Lord All-Powerful says\par about the prophets:\par “I will punish those prophets.\par The punishment will be\par like eating poisoned food and water.\par The prophets started a spiritual sickness.\par And that sickness spread through\par the whole country.\par So I will punish those prophets.\par That sickness came from the prophets\par in Jerusalem.”\par

Jeremiah 32:34

Those people have made their idols—and I hate those idols. They put their idols in the temple {\cf2\super [271]} that is called by my name. In this way, they made my temple ‘dirty.’

Jeremiah 5:31

The prophets tell lies.\par The priests will not do\par what they were chosen to do. {\cf2\super [36]} \par And my people love it this way!\par But what will you people do\par when your punishment comes?”\par

Jeremiah 50:6

“My people have been like lost sheep.\par Their shepherds (leaders)\par led them the wrong way,\par Their leaders made them wander around\par in the mountains and hills.\par They forgot where their resting place is.\par

Jeremiah 6:13

“All the people of Israel want\par more and more money.\par All the people, from the least important\par to the most important people,\par are like that.\par All the people,\par from prophets to priests\par tell lies.\par

Jeremiah 8:10

So I will give their wives to other men.\par I will give their fields to new owners.\par All the people of Israel want\par more and more money.\par All the people,\par from the least important\par to most important people,\par are like that.\par All the people,\par from prophets to priests,\par tell lies.\par

Lamentations 2:20

Look at me, Lord!\par See who it is\par that you have treated this way!\par Let me ask this question:\par Should women eat the children\par they have given birth to?\par Should women eat the children\par that they have cared for?\par Should priest and prophet\par be killed in the temple of the Lord?\par

Ezekiel 23:39

They killed their children for their idols, {\cf2\super [193]} and then they went into my holy place and made it filthy too! They did this inside my temple! {\cf2\super [194]}

Ezekiel 44:10

In the past, the Levites left me when Israel turned away from me. Israel left me to follow their idols. {\cf2\super [419]} The Levites will be punished for their sin.

Ezekiel 7:20

“Those people used their beautiful jewelry and made an idol. They were proud of that statue. They made their terrible statues. They made those filthy things. So I (God) will throw them away like a dirty rag.

Ezekiel 8:11

Then I noticed that Jaazaniah son of Shapham and the 70 elders (leaders) of Israel were there with the people worshiping in that place. There they were, right at the front of the people! And each leader had his own incense {\cf2\super [66]} dish in his hand. The smoke from the burning incense was rising into the air.

Ezekiel 8:16

Then he led me to the inner courtyard of the Lord’s temple. At that place, I saw 25 men bowing down and worshiping. They were between the porch and the altar—but they were facing the wrong way! Their backs were to the Holy Place. They were bowing down to worship the sun!

Zephaniah 3:3

Jerusalem’s leaders are like roaring lions. Her judges {\cf2\super [19]} are like hungry wolves that come in the evening \{to attack the sheep\}—and in the morning nothing is left.

Zephaniah 3:4

Her prophets {\cf2\super [20]} are always making their secret plans to get more and more. Her priests have treated holy things like they are not holy. They have done bad things to God’s teachings.