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Jeremiah 23:11
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Jeremiah 23:11
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11 “Even the priests and prophets
are ungodly, wicked men.
I have seen their despicable acts
right here in my own Temple,”
says the Lord.
Jeremiah 23:11
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Jeremiah 23:11
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Zephaniah 3:4
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Zephaniah 3:4
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4 Its prophets are arrogant liars seeking their own gain.
Its priests defile the Temple by disobeying God’s instructions.
Zephaniah 3:4
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Zephaniah 3:4
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Jeremiah 6:13
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Jeremiah 6:13
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13 “From the least to the greatest,
their lives are ruled by greed.
From prophets to priests,
they are all frauds.
Jeremiah 6:13
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Jeremiah 6:13
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Matthew 21:12-13
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Matthew 21:12-13
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Jesus Clears the Temple
12 Jesus entered the Temple and began to drive out all the people buying and selling animals for sacrifice. He knocked over the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves. 13 He said to them, “The Scriptures declare, ‘My Temple will be called a house of prayer,’ but you have turned it into a den of thieves!”[a]
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Matthew 21:12-13
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Matthew 21:12-13
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Jesus at the Temple(A)
12 Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying(B) and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers(C) and the benches of those selling doves.(D) 13 “It is written,” he said to them, “‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’[a](E) but you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’[b]”(F)
Footnotes
- Matthew 21:13 Isaiah 56:7
- Matthew 21:13 Jer. 7:11
Ezekiel 23:39
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Ezekiel 23:39
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39 On the very day that they sacrificed their children to their idols, they boldly came into my Temple to worship! They came in and defiled my house.
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Ezekiel 23:39
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Ezekiel 23:39
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39 On the very day they sacrificed their children to their idols, they entered my sanctuary and desecrated(A) it. That is what they did in my house.(B)
Jeremiah 32:34
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Jeremiah 32:34
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34 They have set up their abominable idols right in my own Temple, defiling it.
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Jeremiah 32:34
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Jeremiah 32:34
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Ezekiel 8:16
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Ezekiel 8:16
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16 Then he brought me into the inner courtyard of the Lord’s Temple. At the entrance to the sanctuary, between the entry room and the bronze altar, there were about twenty-five men with their backs to the sanctuary of the Lord. They were facing east, bowing low to the ground, worshiping the sun!
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Ezekiel 8:16
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Ezekiel 8:16
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16 He then brought me into the inner court(A) of the house of the Lord, and there at the entrance to the temple, between the portico and the altar,(B) were about twenty-five men. With their backs toward the temple of the Lord and their faces toward the east, they were bowing down to the sun(C) in the east.(D)
Jeremiah 11:15
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Jeremiah 11:15
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15 “What right do my beloved people have to come to my Temple,
when they have done so many immoral things?
Can their vows and sacrifices prevent their destruction?
They actually rejoice in doing evil!
Jeremiah 11:15
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Jeremiah 11:15
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Footnotes
- Jeremiah 11:15 Or Could consecrated meat avert your punishment? / Then you would rejoice
Jeremiah 8:10
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Jeremiah 8:10
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10 I will give their wives to others
and their farms to strangers.
From the least to the greatest,
their lives are ruled by greed.
Yes, even my prophets and priests are like that.
They are all frauds.
Jeremiah 8:10
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Jeremiah 8:10
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Jeremiah 7:30
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Jeremiah 7:30
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The Valley of Slaughter
30 “The people of Judah have sinned before my very eyes,” says the Lord. “They have set up their abominable idols right in the Temple that bears my name, defiling it.
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Jeremiah 7:30
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Jeremiah 7:30
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The Valley of Slaughter
30 “‘The people of Judah have done evil(A) in my eyes, declares the Lord. They have set up their detestable idols(B) in the house that bears my Name and have defiled(C) it.
Jeremiah 7:10-11
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Jeremiah 7:10-11
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10 and then come here and stand before me in my Temple and chant, “We are safe!”—only to go right back to all those evils again? 11 Don’t you yourselves admit that this Temple, which bears my name, has become a den of thieves? Surely I see all the evil going on there. I, the Lord, have spoken!
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Jeremiah 7:10-11
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Jeremiah 7:10-11
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2 Chronicles 36:14
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2 Chronicles 36:14
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14 Likewise, all the leaders of the priests and the people became more and more unfaithful. They followed all the pagan practices of the surrounding nations, desecrating the Temple of the Lord that had been consecrated in Jerusalem.
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2 Chronicles 36:14
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2 Chronicles 36:14
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14 Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people became more and more unfaithful,(A) following all the detestable practices of the nations and defiling the temple of the Lord, which he had consecrated in Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 22:25-26
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Ezekiel 22:25-26
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25 Your princes[a] plot conspiracies just as lions stalk their prey. They devour innocent people, seizing treasures and extorting wealth. They make many widows in the land. 26 Your priests have violated my instructions and defiled my holy things. They make no distinction between what is holy and what is not. And they do not teach my people the difference between what is ceremonially clean and unclean. They disregard my Sabbath days so that I am dishonored among them.
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- 22:25 As in Greek version; Hebrew reads prophets.
Ezekiel 22:25-26
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Ezekiel 22:25-26
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25 There is a conspiracy(A) of her princes[a] within her like a roaring lion(B) tearing its prey; they devour people,(C) take treasures and precious things and make many widows(D) within her. 26 Her priests do violence to my law(E) and profane my holy things; they do not distinguish between the holy and the common;(F) they teach that there is no difference between the unclean and the clean;(G) and they shut their eyes to the keeping of my Sabbaths, so that I am profaned(H) among them.(I)
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 22:25 Septuagint; Hebrew prophets
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