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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 light and treacherous persons, her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done 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 door of the temple of Jehovah, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men, with their backs toward the temple of Jehovah, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.
¹⁷Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, Ο son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose. (Ezek. 8:16‑17)

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

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Matt. 21:13• ¹³{i}And 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.{/i} (Matt. 21:13)

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Jer. 23:15• ¹⁵{i}Therefore 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.{/i} (Jer. 23:15)

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Jer. 5:31• ³¹{i}the 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?{/i} (Jer. 5:31)

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Jer. 6:13• ¹³{i}For 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.{/i} (Jer. 6:13)

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Jer. 8:10• ¹⁰{i}Therefore 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.{/i} (Jer. 8:10)

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Ezek. 22:25‑26• ²⁵There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof.
²⁶Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things; they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they showed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid 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 light and treacherous persons, her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law. (Zeph. 3:4)

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Jer. 7:10‑11,30• ¹⁰and come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations?
¹¹Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith Jehovah.
³⁰{i}For 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.{/i} (Jer. 7:10‑11,30)

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Jer. 11:15• ¹⁵What hath my beloved to do in mine house, seeing she hath wrought lewdness with many, 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• ³⁴But they 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• ⁵{i}And he built altars to all the host of heaven in both courts of the house of Jehovah.{/i}
⁷{i}And 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 forever;{/i} (2 Chron. 33:5,7)

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2 Chron. 36:14• ¹⁴{i}All 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.{/i} (2 Chron. 36:14)

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Ezek. 7:20• ²⁰As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations and of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them. (Ezek. 7:20)

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Ezek. 8:5‑6,11,16• ⁵Then 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 at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry.
⁶He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? But turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations.
¹¹And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients 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 door of the temple of Jehovah, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five 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• ¹²{i}And 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.{/i}
¹³{i}And 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.{/i} (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."

W. Kelly Translation

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

WK Verse Note

(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)