Jeremiah 23:11 ““For both prophet and priest are ungodly; even in My house I have foun…”

Jeremiah 23:11

“For both prophet and priest are ungodly; even in My house I have found their wickedness,” declares the LORD.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith the LORD.

World English Bible

for both prophet and priest are profane. Yes, in my house I have found their wickedness,” says the LORD.

American Standard Version

for both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith Jehovah.

Geneva Bible 1599

For both the prophet and the Priest doe wickedly: and their wickednesse haue I found in mine House, saith the Lord.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

For both prophet and priest have been profane, Yea, in My house I found their wickedness, An affirmation of Jehovah.

Bible in Basic English

For the prophet as well as the priest is unclean; even in my house I have seen their evil-doing, says the Lord.

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Cross references

“both”

Jeremiah 6:13 Zephaniah 3:4 Jeremiah 8:10 Jeremiah 23:15 Jeremiah 5:31 Ezekiel 22:25

Jeremiah 6:13 · BSB

“For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.

Zephaniah 3:4 · BSB

Her prophets are reckless, faithless men. Her priests profane the sanctuary; they do violence to the law.

Jeremiah 8:10 · BSB

Therefore I will give their wives to other men and their fields to new owners. For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.

Jeremiah 23:15 · BSB

Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says concerning the prophets: “I will feed them wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink, for from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has spread throughout the land.”

Jeremiah 5:31 · BSB

The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?

Ezekiel 22:25 · BSB

The conspiracy of the princes in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing its prey. They devour the people, seize the treasures and precious things, and multiply the widows within her.

“in”

Jeremiah 32:34 Ezekiel 23:39 Jeremiah 7:30 Jeremiah 11:15 2 Chronicles 36:14 Ezekiel 8:16

Jeremiah 32:34 · BSB

They have placed their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it.

Ezekiel 23:39 · BSB

On the very day they slaughtered their children for their idols, they entered My sanctuary to profane it. Yes, they did this inside My house.

Jeremiah 7:30 · BSB

For the people of Judah have done evil in My sight, declares the LORD. They have set up their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it.

Jeremiah 11:15 · BSB

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.

2 Chronicles 36:14 · BSB

Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people multiplied their unfaithful deeds, following all the abominations of the nations, and they defiled the house of the LORD, which He had consecrated in Jerusalem.

Ezekiel 8:16 · BSB

So He brought me to the inner court of the house of the LORD, and there at the entrance to the temple of the LORD, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of the LORD…

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

In context

10For the land is full of adulterers— because of the curse, the land mourns and the pastures of the wilderness have dried up— their course is evil and their power is misused.

12“Therefore their path will become slick; they will be driven away into the darkness and fall into it. For I will bring disaster upon them in the year of their punishment,” declares the LORD.

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