Jeremiah 7:12

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So, go to the place in Shiloh where I allowed myself to be worshiped in the early days. See what I did to it because of the wicked things my people Israel did.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 4:10-11 : 10 So the Philistines fought. Israel was defeated; they all ran home. The slaughter was very great; thirty thousand foot soldiers from Israel fell in battle. 11 The ark of God was taken, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phineas, were killed.
  • 1 Sam 4:22 : 22 She said,“The glory has departed from Israel, because the ark of God has been captured.”
  • Ps 78:60-64 : 60 He abandoned the sanctuary at Shiloh, the tent where he lived among men. 61 He allowed the symbol of his strong presence to be captured; he gave the symbol of his splendor into the hand of the enemy. 62 He delivered his people over to the sword, and was angry with his chosen nation. 63 Fire consumed their young men, and their virgins remained unmarried. 64 Their priests fell by the sword, but their widows did not weep.
  • Jer 26:6 : 6 If you do not obey me, then I will do to this temple what I did to Shiloh. And I will make this city an example to be used in curses by people from all the nations on the earth.’”
  • Josh 18:1 : 1 The Tribes Meet at Shiloh The entire Israelite community assembled at Shiloh and there they set up the tent of meeting. Though they had subdued the land,
  • Judg 18:31 : 31 They worshiped Micah’s carved image the whole time God’s authorized shrine was in Shiloh.
  • 1 Sam 1:3 : 3 This man would go up from his city year after year to worship and to sacrifice to the LORD of Heaven’s Armies at Shiloh.(It was there that the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phineas, served as the LORD’s priests.)
  • 1 Sam 4:3-4 : 3 When the army came back to the camp, the elders of Israel said,“Why did the LORD let us be defeated today by the Philistines? Let’s take with us the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Shiloh. When it is with us, it will save us from the hand of our enemies.” 4 So the army sent to Shiloh, and they took from there the ark of the covenant of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, who sits between the cherubim. Now the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phineas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
  • Deut 12:11 : 11 Then you must come to the place the LORD your God chooses for his name to reside, bringing everything I am commanding you– your burnt offerings, sacrifices, tithes, the personal offerings you have prepared, and all your choice votive offerings which you devote to him.
  • Deut 12:5 : 5 But you must seek only the place he chooses from all your tribes to establish his name as his place of residence, and you must go there.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jer 7:10-11
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    85%

    10Then you come and stand in my presence in this temple I have claimed as my own and say,“We are safe!” You think you are so safe that you go on doing all those hateful sins!

    11Do you think this temple I have claimed as my own is to be a hideout for robbers? You had better take note! I have seen for myself what you have done! says the LORD.

  • Jer 7:13-14
    2 verses
    85%

    13You also have done all these things, says the LORD, and I have spoken to you over and over again. But you have not listened! You have refused to respond when I called you to repent!

    14So I will destroy this temple which I have claimed as my own, this temple that you are trusting to protect you. I will destroy this place that I gave to you and your ancestors, just like I destroyed Shiloh.

  • Jer 7:30
    78%

    30The LORD says,“I have rejected them because the people of Judah have done what I consider evil. They have set up their disgusting idols in the temple which I have claimed for my own and have defiled it.

  • 2 Chr 7:20-21
    2 verses
    77%

    20then I will remove you from my land I have given you, I will abandon this temple I have consecrated with my presence, and I will make you an object of mockery and ridicule among all the nations.

    21As for this temple, which was once majestic, everyone who passes by it will be shocked and say,‘Why did the LORD do this to this land and this temple?’

  • Jer 7:3
    76%

    3The LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel says: Change the way you have been living and do what is right. If you do, I will allow you to continue to live in this land.

  • 2 Chr 7:15-16
    2 verses
    75%

    15Now I will be attentive and responsive to the prayers offered in this place.

    16Now I have chosen and consecrated this temple by making it my permanent home; I will be constantly present there.

  • 1 Kgs 9:7-8
    2 verses
    75%

    7then I will remove Israel from the land I have given them, I will abandon this temple I have consecrated with my presence, and Israel will be mocked and ridiculed among all the nations.

    8This temple will become a heap of ruins; everyone who passes by it will be shocked and will hiss out their scorn, saying,‘Why did the LORD do this to this land and this temple?’

  • Jer 32:34
    74%

    34They set up their disgusting idols in the temple which I have claimed for my own and defiled it.

  • Jer 26:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5You must pay attention to the exhortations of my servants the prophets. I have sent them to you over and over again. But you have not paid any attention to them.

    6If you do not obey me, then I will do to this temple what I did to Shiloh. And I will make this city an example to be used in curses by people from all the nations on the earth.’”

  • Hag 1:7-9
    3 verses
    74%

    7The Instruction of the People“Moreover, this is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has said:‘Pay close attention to these things also.

    8Go up to the hill country and bring back timber to build the temple. Then I will be pleased and honored,’ says the LORD.

    9‘You expected a large harvest, but instead there was little. And when you would bring it home, I would blow it right away. Why?’ asks the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.‘Because my temple remains in ruins, thanks to each of you favoring his own house!

  • 2 Kgs 23:27
    74%

    27The LORD announced,“I will also spurn Judah, just as I spurned Israel. I will reject this city that I chose– both Jerusalem and the temple, about which I said,“I will live there.”

  • 2 Sam 7:6-7
    2 verses
    73%

    6I have not lived in a house from the time I brought the Israelites up from Egypt to the present day. Instead, I was traveling with them and living in a tent.

    7Wherever I moved among all the Israelites, I did not say to any of their leaders whom I appointed to care for my people Israel,“Why have you not built me a house made from cedar?”’

  • 2 Sam 7:10
    73%

    10I will establish a place for my people Israel and settle them there; they will live there and not be disturbed any more. Violent men will not oppress them again, as they did in the beginning

  • Jer 5:11
    72%

    11For the nations of Israel and Judah have been very unfaithful to me,”says the LORD.

  • Jer 2:7
    72%

    7I brought you into a fertile land so you could enjoy its fruits and its rich bounty. But when you entered my land, you defiled it; you made the land I call my own loathsome to me.

  • Jer 7:17
    72%

    17Do you see what they are doing in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?

  • 2 Chr 33:7
    72%

    7He put an idolatrous image he had made in God’s temple, about which God had said to David and to his son Solomon,“This temple in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will be my permanent home.

  • 2 Kgs 21:7
    72%

    7He put an idol of Asherah he had made in the temple, about which the LORD had said to David and to his son Solomon,“This temple in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will be my permanent home.

  • Jer 44:2
    72%

    2“The LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel says,‘You have seen all the disaster I brought on Jerusalem and all the towns of Judah. Indeed, they now lie in ruins and are deserted.

  • 1 Chr 17:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5For I have not lived in a house from the time I brought Israel up from Egypt to the present day. I have lived in a tent that has been in various places.

    6Wherever I moved throughout Israel, I did not say to any of the leaders whom I appointed to care for my people Israel,‘Why have you not built me a house made from cedar?’”’

  • Jer 1:16
    72%

    16In this way I will pass sentence on the people of Jerusalem and Judah because of all their wickedness. For they rejected me and offered sacrifices to other gods, worshiping what they made with their own hands.”

  • Ezek 43:7
    72%

    7He said to me:“Son of man, this is the place of my throne and the place for the soles of my feet, where I will live among the people of Israel forever. The house of Israel will no longer profane my holy name, neither they nor their kings, by their spiritual prostitution or by the pillars of their kings set up when they die.

  • Jer 11:6
    72%

    6The LORD said to me,“Announce all the following words in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem:‘Listen to the terms of my covenant with you and carry them out!

  • Jer 7:7
    72%

    7If you stop doing these things, I will allow you to continue to live in this land which I gave to your ancestors as a lasting possession.

  • Ezek 36:21
    72%

    21I was concerned for my holy reputation which the house of Israel profaned among the nations where they went.

  • 2 Kgs 21:4
    72%

    4He built altars in the LORD’s temple, about which the LORD had said,“Jerusalem will be my home.”

  • Jer 2:5
    71%

    5This is what the Lord says:“What fault could your ancestors have possibly found in me that they strayed so far from me? They paid allegiance to worthless idols, and so became worthless to me.

  • Neh 1:9
    71%

    9But if you repent and obey my commandments and do them, then even if your dispersed people are in the most remote location, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen for my name to reside.’

  • Lam 2:7
    71%

    7ז(Zayin) The Lord rejected his altar and abhorred his temple. He handed over to the enemy her palace walls; the enemy shouted in the LORD’s temple as if it were a feast day.

  • Mal 3:7
    71%

    7From the days of your ancestors you have ignored my commandments and have not kept them! Return to me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.“But you say,‘How should we return?’

  • Deut 12:5
    71%

    5But you must seek only the place he chooses from all your tribes to establish his name as his place of residence, and you must go there.

  • 2 Chr 7:12
    71%

    12the LORD appeared to Solomon at night and said to him:“I have answered your prayer and chosen this place to be my temple where sacrifices are to be made.

  • Mic 3:12
    71%

    12Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed up like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins, and the Temple Mount will become a hill overgrown with brush!

  • Jer 3:20
    71%

    20But, you have been unfaithful to me, nation of Israel, like an unfaithful wife who has left her husband,” says the LORD.

  • Jer 11:10
    71%

    10They have gone back to the evil ways of their ancestors of old who refused to obey what I told them. They, too, have paid allegiance to other gods and worshiped them. Both the nation of Israel and the nation of Judah have violated the covenant I made with their ancestors.

  • Jer 6:8
    71%

    8So take warning, Jerusalem, or I will abandon you in disgust and make you desolate, a place where no one can live.”

  • 2 Chr 6:5
    70%

    5He told David,‘Since the day I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a temple in which to live. Nor did I choose a man as leader of my people Israel.

  • Zech 5:4
    70%

    4“I will send it out,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies,“and it will enter the house of the thief and of the person who swears falsely in my name. It will land in the middle of his house and destroy both timber and stones.”

  • Jer 3:13
    70%

    13However, you must confess that you have done wrong, and that you have rebelled against the LORD your God. You must confess that you have given yourself to foreign gods under every green tree, and have not obeyed my commands,’ says the LORD.

  • Jer 2:10
    70%

    10Go west across the sea to the coasts of Cyprus and see. Send someone east to Kedar and have them look carefully. See if such a thing as this has ever happened: