Jeremiah 19:4

King James Version (KJV)

Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this place with the blood of innocents;

Adam Clarke
Bible Commentary

Estranged this place - Ye have devoted my temple to a widely different purpose from that for which it was erected.

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Albert Barnes
Notes on the Whole Bible

Have estranged this place - They have not recognized the sanctity of this place, but have treated it as a strange place, by worshipping in it strange gods.

Innocents - i. e., guiltless persons.

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Matthew Henry
Concise Bible Commentary

The prophet must give notice of ruin coming upon Judah and Jerusalem. Both rulers and ruled must attend to it. That place which holiness made the joy of the whole earth, sin made the reproach and shame of the whole earth. There is no fleeing from God's justice, but by fleeing to his mercy.

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