Jeremiah 11:15

What right has My beloved in My house, having carried out so many evil schemes? Can consecrated meat avert your doom? When you are wicked, then you rejoice.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — God addresses Judah through Jeremiah, commanding the prophet to cease intercession because divine judgment is fixed.

The words — מֶה (meh) means "what?" and questions the people's claim to religious privilege, while קֹדֶשׁ (Ko.desh) denotes "holiness" or sacred status, highlighting the disconnect between their ritual offerings and their moral state.

The thread — The rhetorical challenge to religious entitlement echoes Psalms 50:16, which asks the wicked what right they have to recite God's statutes, and aligns with Titus 1:15, which states that nothing remains pure to the defiled and unbelieving.

Why it lands — The text demands recognition that ritual participation cannot override moral corruption, requiring readers to examine whether their external practices align with their inner conduct.

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The Hebrew words

מֶ֣הmehwhat?לִֽידִידִ֞יli./di.D/ito/ beloved [one]/ my בְּבֵיתִ֗יbe./vei.T/iin/ house/ my עֲשׂוֹתָ֤הּa.so.Ta/hdoing/ it הַֽמְזִמָּ֙תָה֙ha/m.zi.Ma.ta/h<the>/ plan/ <towards>הָֽרַבִּ֔יםha./ra.Bimthe/ many [people]וּבְשַׂר־u./ve.sar-and/ flesh of קֹ֖דֶשׁKo.deshholiness יַעַבְר֣וּya.'av.Ruthey will pass away מֵֽעָלָ֑יִךְme./'a.La.yi/khfrom/ on <the>/ you כִּ֥יkifor רָעָתֵ֖כִיra.'a.Te./khiwickedness/ your אָ֥ז'azthen תַּעֲלֹֽזִי׃ta.'a.Lo.ziyou will rejoice

King James Version

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.

Cross-references

Proverbs 2:14 from those who enjoy doing evil and rejoice in the twistedness of evil,
Titus 1:15 To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and their consciences are defiled.
Psalms 50:16 To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips?
Proverbs 10:23 The fool delights in shameful conduct, but a man of understanding has wisdom.
Proverbs 15:8 The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
Proverbs 21:27 The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable—how much more so when brought with ill intent!
Proverbs 26:18 Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows,
Proverbs 28:9 Whoever turns his ear away from hearing the law, even his prayer is detestable.
Isaiah 1:11 “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 50:1 This 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.