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Jeremiah 11:15

What right has My beloved in My house, having carried out so many evil schemes? Can consecrated meat avert your doom, so that you can rejoice?

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ASV

What hath my beloved to do in my house, seeing she hath wrought lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed from thee? when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest.

KJV

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.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
מֶ֣הmehwhat?H4100 →
לִֽידִידִ֞יli.di.Dito beloved [one] myH3039 →
בְּבֵיתִ֗יbe.vei.Tiin house myH1004 →
עֲשׂוֹתָ֤הּa.so.Tahdoing itH6213 →
הַֽמְזִמָּ֙תָה֙ham.zi.Ma.tah<the> plan <towards>H4209 →
הָֽרַבִּ֔יםha.ra.Bimthe many [people]H7227 →
וּבְשַׂר־u.ve.sar-and flesh ofH1320 →
קֹ֖דֶשׁKo.deshholinessH6944 →
יַעַבְר֣וּya.'av.Ruthey will pass awayH5674 →
מֵֽעָלָ֑יִךְme.'a.La.yikhfrom on <the> youH5921 →
כִּ֥יkiforH3588 →
רָעָתֵ֖כִיra.'a.Te.khiwickedness yourH7451 →
אָ֥ז'azthenH227 →
תַּעֲלֹֽזִי׃ta.'a.Lo.ziyou will rejoiceH5937 →

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Proverbs 2:14from those who enjoy doing evil and rejoice in the twistedness of evil,Titus 1:15To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and their consciences are defiled.Jeremiah 23:11“For both prophet and priest are ungodly; even in My house I have found their wickedness,” declares the LORD.Proverbs 15:8The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.Haggai 2:12–14If a man carries consecrated meat in the fold of his garment, and it touches bread, stew, wine, oil, or any other food, does that item become holy?’” “No,” replied the priests.Jeremiah 3:14“Return, O faithless children,” declares the LORD, “for I am your master, and I will take you—one from a city and two from a family—and bring you to Zion.Isaiah 1:11–15“What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.Isaiah 50:1This is what the LORD says: “Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce with which I sent her away? Or to which of My creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold for your iniquities, and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.Hosea 3:1Then the LORD said to me, “Go show love to your wife again, though she is loved by another and is an adulteress. Love her as the LORD loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and offer raisin cakes to idols.”Proverbs 10:23The fool delights in shameful conduct, but a man of understanding has wisdom.Jeremiah 3:8She saw that because faithless Israel had committed adultery, I gave her a certificate of divorce and sent her away. Yet that unfaithful sister Judah had no fear and prostituted herself as well.Ezekiel 23:2–21“Son of man, there were two women, daughters of the same mother,Jeremiah 2:2“Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you followed Me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.Proverbs 21:27The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable—how much more so when brought with ill intent!Jeremiah 12:7I have forsaken My house; I have abandoned My inheritance. I have given the love of My life into the hands of her enemies.Proverbs 26:18Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows,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 15:1Then the LORD said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My heart would not go out to this people. Send them from My presence, and let them go.

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The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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