7:30 in the house. This verse is evidence of the presence of a foreign cult in the temple itself, as under Manasseh (2 Kin. 21:7). Josiah had removed the abomination, but it had returned, possibly in the time of Jehoiakim (Introduction: Author; Date and Occasion). Ezekiel also knows of such defilement (Ezek. 8:3–12). Such practices explain Jeremiah’s reference to Judah’s persistent rebelliousness.