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Jeremiah 32:34

What does Jeremiah 32:34 mean?

A plain-English look at Jeremiah 32:34 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

But they set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, to defile it.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

But they set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

But they put their disgusting images into the house which is named by my name, making it unclean.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

`And they set their abominations in the house over which My name is called, so as to defile it;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And they have set their idols in the house, in which my name is called upon, to defile it.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it;

Context

v.33And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: and though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.

v.34This passage

v.35And 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.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 2 Kings 21:4

    And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, whereof Jehovah said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.

  • Jeremiah 7:30

    For the children of Judah have done that which is evil in my sight, saith Jehovah: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it.

  • 2 Chronicles 33:4

    And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, whereof Jehovah said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.

  • Ezekiel 8:5

    Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, and behold, northward of the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry.

  • 2 Kings 23:6

    And he brought out the Asherah from the house of Jehovah, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and beat it to dust, and cast the dust thereof upon the graves of the common people.

  • 2 Chronicles 33:15

    And he took away the foreign gods, and the idol out of the house of Jehovah, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of Jehovah, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.

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