Jeremiah 32:34

34 They put their hateful idols in the place where I have chosen to be worshiped, so they made it unclean.

Jeremiah 32:34 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 32:34

But they set their abominations
Their idols, which were abominable to the Lord, and ought to have been so to them: these they placed in the house (which is called by my name), to defile it;
in the temple; as by Ahaz, Manasseh, and others: see ( Jeremiah 7:30 ) .

Jeremiah 32:34 In-Context

32 I will destroy it, because of all the evil the people of Israel and Judah have done. The people, their kings and officers, their priests and prophets, all the people of Judah, and the people of Jerusalem have made me angry.

33 They turned their backs to me, not their faces. I tried to teach them again and again, but they wouldn't listen or learn.

34 They put their hateful idols in the place where I have chosen to be worshiped, so they made it unclean.

35 In the Valley of Ben Hinnom they built places to worship Baal so they could burn their sons and daughters as sacrifices to Molech. But I never commanded them to do such a hateful thing. It never entered my mind that they would do such a thing and cause Judah to sin.

36 "You are saying, 'Because of war, hunger, and terrible diseases, the city will be handed over to the king of Babylon.' But the Lord, the God of Israel, says about Jerusalem: