Jeremiah 23:11

Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data

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

Word-by-Word Analysis

For both

נָבִיא

nâbîyʼ

H5030

a prophet or (generally) inspired man

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and

כֹּהֵן

kôhên

H3548

literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)

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are

חָלַל

châlal

H2490

properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (...

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אִלּוּ

ʼillûw

H432

nay, i.e. (softened) if

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in my

בַּיִת

bayith

H1004

a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

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have I

מָצָא

mâtsâʼ

H4672

properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present

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their

רַע

raʻ

H7451

bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

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אָמַר

ʼâmar

H559

to say (used with great latitude)

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the

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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Key Terms in This Verse

profane H2490

חָלַל châlal

properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an 'opening wedge'); to play (the flute)

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wickedness H7451

רַע raʻ

bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

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prophet H5030

נָבִיא nâbîyʼ

a prophet or (generally) inspired man

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yea H432

אִלּוּ ʼillûw

nay, i.e. (softened) if

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found H4672

מָצָא mâtsâʼ

properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present

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priest H3548

כֹּהֵן kôhên

literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)

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saith H559

אָמַר ʼâmar

to say (used with great latitude)

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house H1004

בַּיִת bayith

a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

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LORD H3068

יְהֹוָה Yᵉhôvâh

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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Cross References

Zephaniah 3:4 cross-reference

Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.

Jeremiah 6:13 cross-reference

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.

Ezekiel 23:39 cross-reference

For when they had slain their children to their idols, then they came the same day into my sanctuary to profane it; and, lo, thus have they done in the midst of mine house.

Jeremiah 32:34 cross-reference

But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, to defile it.

2 Chronicles 36:14 cross-reference

Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 11:15 cross-reference

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.

Jeremiah 7:30 cross-reference

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.

Jeremiah 8:10 cross-reference

Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unt...

Ezekiel 8:16 cross-reference

And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD’s house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward...

Ezekiel 7:20 cross-reference

As 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.

Ezekiel 8:11 cross-reference

And 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...

2 Chronicles 33:5 cross-reference

And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.

Jeremiah 5:31 cross-reference

The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?

Jeremiah 23:15 cross-reference

Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone fo...

2 Chronicles 33:7 cross-reference

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 t...

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