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Jer. 23:11 KJV (With Strong’s)

For bothe prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my housef have I found their wickedness, saith the Lord.

Zeph. 3:4• ⁴Her prophets are vain-glorious, treacherous persons; her priests profane the sanctuary, they do violence to the law. (Zeph. 3:4)

Ezek. 8:16‑17• ¹⁶And he brought me into the inner court of Jehovah's house, and behold, at the entry of the temple of Jehovah, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of Jehovah and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.
¹⁷And he said unto me, Seest thou, son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah to commit the abominations which they commit here, that they yet fill the land with violence, and keep provoking me afresh to anger? And behold, they put the branch to their nose. (Ezek. 8:16‑17)

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Ezek. 23:39• ³⁹For when they had slaughtered their children unto their idols, they came the same day into my sanctuary to profane it; and behold, thus have they done in the midst of my house. (Ezek. 23:39)

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Matt. 21:13• ¹³And he says to them, It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer, but *ye* have made it a den of robbers. (Matt. 21:13)

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Jer. 23:15• ¹⁵Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts concerning the prophets: Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink water of gall; for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land. (Jer. 23:15)

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Jer. 5:31• ³¹the prophets prophesy falsehood, and the priests rule by their means; and my people love to have it so. But what will ye do in the end thereof? (Jer. 5:31)

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Jer. 6:13• ¹³For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them, every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest, every one dealeth falsely. (Jer. 6:13)

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Jer. 8:10• ¹⁰Therefore will I give their wives unto others, their fields to those that shall possess them; for every one, from the least even unto the greatest, is given to covetousness; from the prophet even unto the priest, every one dealeth falsely. (Jer. 8:10)

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Ezek. 22:25‑26• ²⁵There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst of her like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they devour souls; they take away treasure and precious things; they increase her widows in the midst of her;
²⁶her priests do violence to my law, and profane my holy things: they put no difference between the holy and profane, neither do they make known the difference between the unclean and the clean, and they hide their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them. (Ezek. 22:25‑26)

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Zeph. 3:4• ⁴Her prophets are vain-glorious, treacherous persons; her priests profane the sanctuary, they do violence to the law. (Zeph. 3:4)

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Jer. 7:10‑11,30• ¹⁰then ye come and stand before me, in this house which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered,--in order to do all these abominations!
¹¹Is this house, which is called by my name, a den of robbers in your eyes? Even I, behold, I have seen it, saith Jehovah.
³⁰For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith Jehovah; they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it. (Jer. 7:10‑11,30)

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Jer. 11:15• ¹⁵What hath my beloved to do in my house, seeing that the more part practise their evil devices, and the holy flesh is passed from thee? When thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest. (Jer. 11:15)

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Jer. 32:34• ³⁴And they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it; (Jer. 32:34)

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2 Chron. 33:5,7• ⁵And he built altars to all the host of heaven in both courts of the house of Jehovah.
⁷And he set the graven image of the idol that he had made, in the house of God, of which God had 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, will I put my name for ever; (2 Chron. 33:5,7)

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2 Chron. 36:14• ¹⁴All the chiefs of the priests also, and the people, increased their transgressions, according to all the abominations of the nations; and they defiled the house of Jehovah which he had hallowed in Jerusalem. (2 Chron. 36:14)

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Ezek. 7:20• ²⁰And he set in majesty his beautiful ornament; but they made therein the images of their abominations and of their detestable things: therefore have I made it an impurity unto them. (Ezek. 7:20)

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Ezek. 8:5‑6,11,16• ⁵And he said unto me, Son of man, lift up now thine eyes toward the north. And I lifted up mine eyes toward the north, and behold, northward of the gate of the altar, this image of jealousy in the entry.
⁶And he said unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? the great abominations that the house of Israel commit here, to cause me to go far off from my sanctuary? And yet again thou shalt see great abominations.
¹¹And there stood before them seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up.
¹⁶And he brought me into the inner court of Jehovah's house, and behold, at the entry of the temple of Jehovah, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of Jehovah and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east. (Ezek. 8:5‑6,11,16)

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Matt. 21:12‑13• ¹²And Jesus entered into the temple of God, and cast out all that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those that sold the doves.
¹³And he says to them, It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer, but *ye* have made it a den of robbers. (Matt. 21:12‑13)

J. N. Darby Translation

For both prophet and priest are profanea: even in my house have I found their wickedness, saith Jehovah.

JND Translation Notes

Or "godless"; and in ver. 15, "ungodliness."