^4 (A)He built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, “^(B)In Jerusalem I will put My name.”

⁷ Then ^(A)he set the carved image of Asherah that he had made, in the house of which the Lord said to David and to his son Solomon, “^(B)In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever.

¹¹ So as I live,’ declares the Lord God, ‘surely, because you have ^(A)defiled My sanctuary with all your ^(B)detestable idols and with all your abominations, therefore I will also withdraw, and My eye will have no pity and I will not spare.

The Temple Profaned

²⁰ They transformed the beauty of His ornaments into pride, and ^(A)they made the images of their abominations and their detestable things with it; therefore I will make it an abhorrent thing to them.