Jeremiah 7:11

Jeremiah 7:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the Lord.
• New International Version (NIV)Has this house, which bears my Name, become a den of robbers to you? But I have been watching! declares the Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Has this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I myself have seen it, declares the Lord.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Has this house, which is called by My name, become a den of thieves in your eyes? Behold, I, even I, have seen it,” says the Lord.

Context of Jeremiah 7:11

9Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear [oaths] falsely, offer sacrifices or burn incense to Baal, and follow after other gods that you have not known, 10and [then dare to] come and stand before Me in this house, which is called by My Name, and say, ‘We are protected and set free [by this act of religious ritual]!’—only to go on with this wickedness and these disgusting and loathsome things? Has this house, which is called by My Name, become a den of robbers in your eyes [a place of retreat for you between acts of violence]? Behold, I Myself have seen it,” says the Lord. 12“But go now to My place which was in Shiloh [in Ephraim], where I first set My Name, and see what I did to it because of the wickedness of My people Israel. 13And now, because you have done all these things,” says the Lord, “and I spoke [persistently] to you, even rising up early and speaking, but you did not listen, and I called you but you did not answer,

Jeremiah 7:11 word by word

הַמְעָרַ֣ת פָּרִצִ֗ים הָיָ֨ה הַבַּ֧יִת הַזֶּ֛ה אֲשֶׁר־נִקְרָֽא־שְׁמִ֥י עָלָ֖יו בְּעֵינֵיכֶ֑ם גַּ֧ם אָנֹכִ֛י הִנֵּ֥ה רָאִ֖יתִי נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Is this houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• which is calledקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call byH7121
• by my nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• become a denמְעָרָהme‛ârâh · caveH4631
• of robbersפָּרִיץperîyts · violentH6530
• in your eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• Behold, even I have seenרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• saithנְאֻםne'ûm · utteranceH5002
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Jeremiah 7:11

• 2 Chronicles 6:33then hear from heaven, from Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You, so that all the peoples of the earth may know Your name, and fear You [reverently and worshipfully], as do Your people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by Your Name.
• Isaiah 56:7All these I will bring to My holy mountain And make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on My altar; For My house will be called a house of prayer for all the peoples.”
• Matthew 21:13Jesus said to them, “It is written [in Scripture], ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer’; but you are making it a robbers’ den.”
• Mark 11:17He began to teach and say to them, “Is it not written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it a robbers’ den.”
• Luke 19:45Jesus went into the temple [enclosure] and began driving out those who were selling,
• John 2:16then to those who sold the doves He said, “Take these things away! Stop making My Father’s house a place of commerce!”
• Jeremiah 2:34Also on your skirts is found The lifeblood of the innocent poor; You did not find them breaking in [a house]. But in spite of all these things [your disobedience, your love of idolatry, your lack of compassion]—
• Jeremiah 16:16“Behold (listen carefully), I will send for many fishermen,” says the Lord, “and they will fish for them; and afterward I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them from every mountain and from every hill and out of the clefts of the rocks.
• Jeremiah 23:24“Can anyone hide himself in secret places So that I cannot see him?” says the Lord. “Do I not fill heaven and earth?” says the Lord.
• Hebrews 4:13And not a creature exists that is concealed from His sight, but all things are open and exposed, and revealed to the eyes of Him with whom we have to give account.
• Revelation 2:18“And to the angel (divine messenger) of the church in Thyatira write: These are the words of the Son of God, who has eyes [that flash] like a flame of fire [in righteous judgment], and whose feet are like burnished [white-hot] bronze:

Commentaries on Jeremiah 7:11

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Robbers - literally, tearers, those who rob with violence. The temple was the place which sheltered them. It had been consecrated to God. Now that it harbors miscreants, must it not as inevitably be destroyed as a den of robbers would be by any righteous ruler?Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11a den of robbers: See Jeremiah 5:29231; Matthew 21:13; Mark 11:17; Luke 19:46.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. den of robbers--Do you regard My temple as being what robbers make their den, namely, an asylum wherein ye may obtain impunity for your abominations (Jr 7:10)? seen it--namely, that ye treat My house as if it were a den of thieves. Jehovah implies more than is expressed, "I have seen and will punish it" (Is 56:7; Mt 21:13).Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 7:11

• Condescension of God
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Quotations and Allusions
• Robbers

In the dictionaries

• Mirth
• Reject
• Covenant, the New
• Exodus, the Book of
• Jeremiah (2)
• Leviticus

Commentaries on Jeremiah 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings