Jeremiah 11:15 “What right has My beloved in My house, having carried out so many evil…”

Jeremiah 11:15

What right has My beloved in My house, having carried out so many evil schemes? Can consecrated meat avert your doom? When you are wicked, then you rejoice.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

What 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.

World English Bible

What has my beloved to do in my house, since she has behaved lewdly with many, and the holy flesh has passed from you? When you do evil, then you rejoice.”

American Standard Version

What hath my beloved to do in my house, seeing she hath wrought lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed from thee? when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest.

Geneva Bible 1599

What shoulde my beloued tarie in mine house, seeing they haue committed abomination with manie? and the holy flesh goeth away from thee: yet when thou doest euill, thou reioycest.

Darby Translation

What 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.

Young's Literal Translation

What — to My beloved in My house, Her doing wickedness with many, And the holy flesh do pass over from thee? When thou dost evil, then thou exultest.

Bible in Basic English

About Judah. What have you to do in my house? is it your thought that oaths and holy flesh will get you out of your trouble? will you make yourself safe in this way?

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Cross references

“What, etc”

Luke 8:28

Luke 8:28 · BSB

When the man saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before Him, shouting in a loud voice, “What do You want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You not to torture me!”

“my”

Jeremiah 2:2 Jeremiah 3:14 Jeremiah 12:7 Hosea 3:1 Matthew 22:11 Romans 11:28

Jeremiah 2:2 · BSB

“Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you followed Me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.

Jeremiah 3:14 · BSB

“Return, O faithless children,” declares the LORD, “for I am your master, and I will take you—one from a city and two from a family—and bring you to Zion.

Jeremiah 12:7 · BSB

I have forsaken My house; I have abandoned My inheritance. I have given the beloved of My soul into the hands of her enemies.

Hosea 3:1 · BSB

Then the LORD said to me, “Go show love to your wife again, though she is loved by another and is an adulteress. Love her as the LORD loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love to offer raisin cakes to…

Matthew 22:11 · BSB

But when the king came in to see the guests, he spotted a man who was not dressed in wedding clothes.

Romans 11:28 · BSB

Regarding the gospel, they are enemies on your account; but regarding election, they are loved on account of the patriarchs.

“to do”

Jeremiah 3:8 Jeremiah 7:8–11 Jeremiah 15:1 Psalm 50:16 Proverbs 15:8 Proverbs 21:27

Jeremiah 3:8 · BSB

She saw that because faithless Israel had committed adultery, I gave her a certificate of divorce and sent her away. Yet that unfaithful sister Judah had no fear and prostituted herself as well.

Jeremiah 7:8–11 · BSB

But look, you keep trusting in deceptive words to no avail.

Jeremiah 15:1 · BSB

Then the LORD said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My heart would not go out to this people. Send them from My presence, and let them go!

Psalm 50:16 · BSB

To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips?

Proverbs 15:8 · BSB

The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.

Proverbs 21:27 · BSB

The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable— how much more so when brought with ill intent!

“seeing”

Ezekiel 16:25–34 Ezekiel 23:2–21 Jeremiah 3:1 Jeremiah 3:2

Ezekiel 16:25–34 · BSB

At the head of every street you built your lofty shrines and degraded your beauty. With increasing promiscuity, you spread your legs to all who passed by.

Ezekiel 23:2–21 · BSB

“Son of man, there were two women, daughters of the same mother,

Jeremiah 3:1 · BSB

“If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him to marry another, can he ever return to her? Would not such a land be completely defiled? But you have played the harlot with many lovers— and you would return to Me?” decla…

Jeremiah 3:2 · BSB

“Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see. Is there any place where you have not been violated? You sat beside the highways waiting for your lovers, like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with your…

“the holy”

Titus 1:15 Haggai 2:12–14

Titus 1:15 · BSB

To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and their consciences are defiled.

Haggai 2:12–14 · BSB

If a man carries consecrated meat in the fold of his garment, and it touches bread, stew, wine, oil, or any other food, does that item become holy?’” “No,” replied the priests.

“thou doest evil”

Proverbs 2:14 Proverbs 10:23 Proverbs 26:18 1 Corinthians 13:6 James 4:16

Proverbs 2:14 · BSB

from those who enjoy doing evil and rejoice in the twistedness of evil,

Proverbs 10:23 · BSB

The fool delights in shameful conduct, but a man of understanding has wisdom.

Proverbs 26:18 · BSB

Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows,

1 Corinthians 13:6 · BSB

Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth.

James 4:16 · BSB

As it is, you boast in your proud intentions. All such boasting is evil.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

14As for you, do not pray for these people. Do not raise up a cry or a prayer on their behalf, for I will not be listening when they call out to Me in their time of disaster.

16The LORD once called you a flourishing olive tree, beautiful with well-formed fruit. But with a mighty roar He will set it on fire, and its branches will be consumed.

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