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Jeremiah 11:13

Your gods are indeed as numerous as your cities, O Judah; the altars of shame you have set up—the altars to burn incense to Baal—are as many as the streets of Jerusalem.’

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ASV

For according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to the shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto Baal.

KJV

For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto Baal.

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15 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כִּ֚יkiforH3588 →
מִסְפַּ֣רmis.Par[the] number ofH4557 →
עָרֶ֔יךָ'a.Rei.khacities yourH5892 →
הָי֥וּha.Yuthey areH1961 →
אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khagods yourH430 →
יְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahO JudahH3063 →
וּמִסְפַּ֞רu.mis.Parand [the] number ofH4557 →
חֻצ֣וֹתchu.Tzot[the] streets ofH2351 →
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֗םye.ru.sha.LimJerusalemH3389 →
שַׂמְתֶּ֤םsam.Temyou have madeH7760 →
מִזְבְּחוֹת֙miz.be.chOtaltarsH4196 →
לַבֹּ֔שֶׁתla.Bo.shetto the shameful thingH1322 →
מִזְבְּח֖וֹתmiz.be.ChotaltarsH4196 →
לְקַטֵּ֥רle.ka.Terto make smokeH6999 →
לַבָּֽעַל׃ סla.Ba.'alto <the> BaalH1168 →

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Hosea 9:10I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your fathers as the firstfruits of the fig tree in its first season. But they went to Baal-peor, and consecrated themselves to Shame; so they became as detestable as the thing they loved.Jeremiah 2:28But where are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them rise up in your time of trouble and save you if they can; for your gods are as numerous as your cities, O Judah.1 Corinthians 8:5For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many so-called gods and lords),Jeremiah 44:21“As for the incense you burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem—you, your fathers, your kings, your officials, and the people of the land—did the LORD not remember and bring this to mind?2 Kings 23:13The king also desecrated the high places east of Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Corruption, which King Solomon of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.Jeremiah 19:4because they have abandoned Me and made this a foreign place. They have burned incense in this place to other gods that neither they nor their fathers nor the kings of Judah have ever known. They have filled this place with the blood of the innocent.Isaiah 2:8Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made.2 Kings 21:4–5Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My Name.”Jeremiah 3:1–2“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?” declares the LORD.Jeremiah 32:35They have built the high places of Baal in the Valley of Hinnom to make their sons and daughters pass through the fire to Molech—something I never commanded them, nor had it ever entered My mind, that they should commit such an abomination and cause Judah to sin.Deuteronomy 32:16–17They provoked His jealousy with foreign gods; they enraged Him with abominations.Jeremiah 3:24From our youth, that shameful god has consumed what our fathers have worked for—their flocks and herds, their sons and daughters.Hosea 12:11Is there iniquity in Gilead? They will surely come to nothing. Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Indeed, their altars will be heaps of stones in the furrows of the field.Jeremiah 7:9Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known,Jeremiah 19:5They have built high places to Baal on which to burn their children in the fire as offerings to Baal—something I never commanded or mentioned, nor did it even enter My mind.2 Kings 23:4–5Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests second in rank, and the doorkeepers to remove from the temple of the LORD all the articles made for Baal, Asherah, and all the host of heaven. And he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron and carried their ashes to Bethel.Hosea 2:13I will punish her for the days of the Baals when she burned incense to them, when she decked herself with rings and jewelry, and went after her lovers. But Me she forgot,” declares the LORD.Jeremiah 30:15Why do you cry out over your wound? Your pain has no cure! Because of your great iniquity and your numerous sins I have done these things to you.

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