Jeremiah 32:34
But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, to defile it.
Jeremiah 32:34 in other translations
| BSB | They have placed their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it. |
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| WEB | But they set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it. |
| ASV | But they set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it. |
| YLT | ‘And they set their abominations in the house over which My name is called, so as to defile it; |
| DARBY | And they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it; |
| BBE | But they put their disgusting images into the house which is named by my name, making it unclean. |
| Webster | But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, to defile it. |
What does Jeremiah 32:34 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 32:26-44
God's answer discovers the purposes of his wrath against that generation of the Jews, and the purposes of his grace concerning future generations. It is sin, and nothing else, that ruins them. The restoration of Judah and Jerusalem is promised. This people were now at length brought to despair. But God gives hope of mercy which he had in store for them hereafter. Doubtless the promises are sure to all believers. God…
Jeremiah 32:34 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Jeremiah 32:34
- Jeremiah 7:30
For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith the Lord: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to pollute it.
- Ezekiel 8:5-16
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 at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry. He 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. And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold a hole in the wall. Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had digged in the wall, behold a door. …
- Jeremiah 23:11
For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith the Lord.
- 2 Kings 21:4-7
And he built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord said, In Jerusalem will I put my name. And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord. And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger. And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which the Lord said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:
- 2 Kings 23:6
And he brought out the grove from the house of the Lord, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people.
- 2 Chronicles 33:15
And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the Lord, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the Lord, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.
- 2 Chronicles 33:4-7
Also he built altars in the house of the Lord, whereof the Lord had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever. And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord. And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger. And he set a carved image, the idol which 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 before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:
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Context
- Jeremiah 32:33
And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.
- Jeremiah 32:34
But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, to defile it.
- Jeremiah 32:35
And 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.
Jeremiah 32:34 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Antes asentaron sus abominaciones en la casa sobre la cual es invocado mi nombre, contaminándola. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et ils ont mis leurs abominations dans la maison qui est appelée de mon nom, pour la rendre impure; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und sie haben ihre Scheusale in das Haus gesetzt, welches nach meinem Namen genannt ist, um es zu verunreinigen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et posuerunt idola sua in domo in qua invocatum est nomen meum, ut polluerent eam. |