Bible Cross References
But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, to defile it.
Jeremiah 7:30
"The people of Judah have done an evil thing. They have placed their idols, which I hate, in my Temple and have defiled it.
Jeremiah 23:11
The LORD says, "The prophets and the priests are godless; I have caught them doing evil in the Temple itself.
2 Kings 21:4-7
4
He built pagan altars in the Temple, the place that the LORD had said was where he should be worshiped.
5
In the two courtyards of the Temple he built altars for the worship of the stars.
6
He sacrificed his son as a burnt offering. He practiced divination and magic and consulted fortunetellers and mediums. He sinned greatly against the LORD and stirred up his anger.
7
He placed the symbol of the goddess Asherah in the Temple, the place about which the LORD had said to David and his son Solomon: "Here in Jerusalem, in this Temple, is the place that I have chosen out of all the territory of the twelve tribes of Israel as the place where I am to be worshiped.
2 Kings 23:6
He removed from the Temple the symbol of the goddess Asherah, took it out of the city to Kidron Valley, burned it, pounded its ashes to dust, and scattered it over the public burying ground.
2 Chronicles 33:4-7
4
He built pagan altars in the Temple, the place that the LORD had said was where he should be worshiped forever.
5
In the two courtyards of the Temple he built altars for the worship of the stars.
6
He sacrificed his sons in Hinnom Valley as burnt offerings. He practiced divination and magic and consulted fortunetellers and mediums. He sinned greatly against the LORD and stirred up his anger.
7
He placed an image in the Temple, the place about which God had said to David and his son Solomon: "Here in Jerusalem, in this Temple, is the place that I have chosen out of all the territory of the twelve tribes of Israel as the place where I am to be worshiped.
2 Chronicles 33:15-7
Ezekiel 8:5-16
5
God said to me, "Mortal man, look toward the north." I looked, and there near the altar by the entrance of the gateway I saw the idol that was an outrage to God.
6
God said to me, "Mortal man, do you see what is happening? Look at the disgusting things the people of Israel are doing here, driving me farther and farther away from my holy place. You will see even more disgraceful things than this."
7
He took me to the entrance of the outer courtyard and showed me a hole in the wall.
8
He said, "Mortal man, break through the wall here." I broke through it and found a door.
9
He told me, "Go in and look at the evil, disgusting things they are doing there."
10
So I went in and looked. The walls were covered with drawings of snakes and other unclean animals, and of the other things which the Israelites were worshiping.
11
Seventy Israelite leaders were there, including Jaazaniah son of Shaphan. Each one was holding an incense burner, and smoke was rising from the incense.
12
God asked me, "Mortal man, do you see what the Israelite leaders are doing in secret? They are all worshiping in a room full of images. Their excuse is: 'The LORD doesn't see us! He has abandoned the country.' "
13
Then the LORD said to me, "You are going to see them do even more disgusting things than that."
14
So he took me to the north gate of the Temple and showed me women weeping over the death of the god Tammuz.
15
He asked, "Mortal man, do you see that? You will see even more disgusting things."
16
So he took me to the inner courtyard of the Temple. There near the entrance of the sanctuary, between the altar and the porch, were about twenty-five men. They had turned their backs to the sanctuary and were bowing low toward the east, worshiping the rising sun.