51 verses contain “Polluted” (in the KJV: 46, in the BSB: 6) — showing 1–51
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And if thou
wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of
hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast
polluted it.
Now if you make an altar of stones for Me, you must not build it with stones shaped by tools; for if you use a
chisel on it, you will
defile it.
And as
Josiah turned himself, he
spied the
sepulchres that were there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the
sepulchres, and burned them upon the altar, and
polluted it, according to the word of the LORD which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these words.
And as
Josiah turned, he saw the tombs there on the
hillside, and he sent someone to take the bones out of the tombs, and he burned them on the altar to
defile it, according to the word of the LORD proclaimed by the man of God who had
foretold these things.
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.
Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people multiplied their unfaithful deeds, following all the abominations of the nations, and they
defiled the house of the LORD, which He had consecrated in Jerusalem.
These sought their register among those that were reckoned by
genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they, as
polluted, put from the priesthood.
These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.
Which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land with the
filthiness of the people of the lands, with their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their uncleanness.
that You gave through Your servants the prophets, saying: ‘The land that you are entering to possess is a land polluted by the impurity of its peoples and the abominations with which they have filled it from end to end.
These sought their register among those that were reckoned by
genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they, as
polluted, put from the priesthood.
These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.
And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of
Canaan: and the land was
polluted with blood.
They shed innocent blood— the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of
Canaan, and the land was
polluted with blood.
A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.
Like a
muddied spring or a
polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked.
I was
wroth with my people, I have
polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou
didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very
heavily laid thy yoke.
I was
angry with My people; I
profaned My
heritage, and I placed them under your control. You showed them no mercy; even on the elderly you laid a most heavy yoke.
For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another.
For My own sake, My very own sake, I will act; for how can I let Myself be
defamed? I will not yield My glory to another.
Which remain among the graves, and
lodge in the monuments, which eat
swine’s flesh, and
broth of
abominable things is in their vessels;
sitting among the graves,
spending nights in secret places, eating the meat of pigs and
polluted broth from their
bowls.
How canst thou say, I am not
polluted, I have not gone after
Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift
dromedary traversing her ways;
“How can you say, ‘I am not
defiled; I have not run after the Baals’? Look at your
behavior in the valley; acknowledge what you have done. You are a swift young she-
camel galloping here and there,
They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man’s, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly
polluted? but thou hast played the
harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD.
“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.
Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been
lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast
polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.
“Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see. Is there any place where you have not been
violated? You sat beside the
highways waiting for your lovers, like a
nomad in the desert. You have
defiled the land with your
prostitution and wickedness.
But ye turned and
polluted my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his
handmaid, whom ye had set at liberty at their pleasure, to return, and brought them into subjection, to be unto you for servants and for handmaids.
But now you have changed your minds and
profaned My name. Each of you has taken back the menservants and maidservants whom you had set at liberty to go wherever they wanted, and you have again forced them to be your slaves.
The Lord hath
swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not
pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground: he hath
polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof.
Without
pity the Lord has
swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob. In His wrath He has
demolished the fortified cities of the Daughter of Judah. He brought to the ground and
defiled her kingdom and its princes.
They have
wandered as blind men in the streets, they have
polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.
They
wandered blind in the streets,
defiled by this blood, so that no one
dared to touch their garments.
Then said I,
Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul hath not been
polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is
torn in pieces; neither came there
abominable flesh into my mouth.
“
Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I have never
defiled myself. From my youth until now I have not eaten anything found dead or
mauled by wild beasts. No unclean meat has ever entered my mouth.”
That the house of Israel may go no more
astray from me, neither be
polluted any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord GOD.
in order that the house of Israel may no longer
stray from Me and no longer
defile themselves with all their transgressions. Then they will be My people and I will be their God, declares the Lord GOD.’”
And when I passed by thee, and saw thee
polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee when thou
wast in thy blood, Live;
yea, I said unto thee when thou
wast in thy blood, Live.
Then I passed by and saw you
wallowing in your blood, and as you lay there in your blood I said to you, ‘Live!’ There I said to you, ‘Live!’
And in all thine abominations and thy whoredoms thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, when thou
wast naked and bare, and
wast polluted in thy blood.
And in all your abominations and acts of
prostitution, you did not remember the days of your youth when you were naked and bare,
wallowing in your own blood.
But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.
But I acted for the sake of My name, that it should not be
profaned in the eyes of the nations among whom they were living, in whose sight I had revealed Myself to Israel by bringing them out of the land of Egypt.
But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they
despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly
polluted: then I said, I would pour out my
fury upon them in the wilderness, to
consume them.
Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not follow My statutes and they rejected My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they utterly
profaned My Sabbaths. Then I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and put an end to them in the wilderness.
But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.
But I acted for the sake of My name, so that it would not be
profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.
Because they
despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but
polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.
because they kept
rejecting My ordinances, refusing to walk in My statutes, and
profaning My Sabbaths; for their hearts continually went after their idols.
Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; they
polluted my sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out my
fury upon them, to
accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.
But the children rebelled against Me. They did not walk in My statutes or carefully observe My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they
profaned My Sabbaths. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and
vent My anger against them in the wilderness.
Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand, and wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen, in whose sight I brought them forth.
But I
withheld My hand and acted for the sake of My name, so that it would not be
profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.
Because they had not executed my judgments, but had
despised my statutes, and had
polluted my sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers’ idols.
For they did not practice My ordinances, but they rejected My statutes and
profaned My Sabbaths, fixing their eyes on the idols of their fathers.
And I
polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that openeth the
womb, that I might make them
desolate, to the end that they might know that I am the LORD.
And I pronounced them unclean through their gifts—the sacrifice of every
firstborn in the fire—so that I might
devastate them, in order that they would know that I am the LORD.
Wherefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Are ye
polluted after the manner of your fathers? and commit ye
whoredom after their abominations?
And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they
defiled her with their
whoredom, and she was
polluted with them, and her mind was
alienated from them.
Then the Babylonians came to her, to the bed of love, and in their
lust they
defiled her. But after she had been
defiled by them, she turned away in
disgust.
I will do these things unto thee, because thou hast gone a
whoring after the heathen, and because thou art
polluted with their idols.
Wherefore I poured my
fury upon them for the blood that they had shed upon the land, and for their idols
wherewith they had
polluted it:
So I poured out My wrath upon them because of the blood they had shed on the land, and because they had
defiled it with their idols.
Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is
polluted with blood.
They shall not offer wine offerings to the LORD, neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted: for their bread for their soul shall not come into the house of the LORD.
They will not pour out wine offerings to the LORD, and their sacrifices will not please Him, but will be to them like the bread of mourners; all who eat will be
defiled. For their bread will be for themselves; it will not enter the house of the LORD.
Therefore thus saith the LORD; Thy wife shall be an
harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die in a
polluted land: and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land.
Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘Your wife will become a
prostitute in the city, and your sons and daughters will fall by the sword. Your land will be divided by a measuring line, and you
yourself will die on pagan soil. And Israel will surely go into exile, away from their homeland.’”
Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is
polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a
sore destruction.
Arise and depart, for this is not your place of rest, because its
defilement brings destruction— a
grievous destruction!
Her prophets are light and
treacherous persons: her priests have
polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.
Her prophets are
reckless, faithless men. Her priests
profane the sanctuary; they do violence to the law.
Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD is contemptible.
By presenting
defiled food on My altar. But you ask, ‘How have we
defiled You?’ By saying that the table of the LORD is contemptible.
But ye have
profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD is
polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible.
“But you
profane it when you say, ‘The table of the Lord is
defiled, and as for its fruit, its food is contemptible.’
But that we write unto them, that they
abstain from pollutions of idols, and from
fornication, and from things
strangled, and from blood.
Instead, we should write and tell them to
abstain from food
polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of
strangled animals, and from blood.
Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teacheth all men every where against the people, and the law, and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place.
crying out, “Men of Israel, help us! This is the man who teaches everywhere against our people and against our law and against this place.
Furthermore, he has brought Greeks into the temple and
defiled this holy place.”
Pure religion and
undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their
affliction, and to keep himself
unspotted from the world.
Pure and
undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep
oneself from being
polluted by the world.
That the land, which ye enter into to possess as an
heritage, is a land
polluted with the pollutions of the strangers of the land, and they have filled it with their uncleanness.
For wickedness hath exceedingly
polluted the whole earth, and their
hurtful works are fulfilled.
The same night also I returned from the burial, and
slept by the wall of my
courtyard, being
polluted and my face was uncovered:
And that I never
polluted my name, nor the name of my father, in the land of my captivity: I am the only daughter of my father, neither hath he any child to be his heir, neither any near
kinsman, nor any son of his alive, to whom I may keep myself for a wife: my seven husbands are already dead; and why should I live? but if it please not thee that I should die, command some regard to be had of me, and
pity taken of me, that I hear no more reproach.
O Lord God of my father
Simeon, to whom thou gavest a sword to take
vengeance of the strangers, who
loosened the
girdle of a
maid to
defile her, and discovered the
thigh to her shame, and
polluted her
virginity to her reproach; for thou saidst, It shall not be so; and yet they did so:
For in his time things
prospered in his hands, so that the heathen were taken out of their country, and they also that were in the city of David in Jerusalem, who had made themselves a tower, out of which they issued, and
polluted all about the sanctuary, and did much
hurt in the holy place:
And taking the holy vessels with
polluted hands, and with
profane hands pulling down the things that were dedicated by other kings to the
augmentation and glory and honour of the place, he gave them away.