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

9You rob people. You murder people. You have sex with someone else's wife or husband. You tell lies in court when you have promised to tell the truth. You offer sacrifices to the false god, Baal. You serve other gods that you never knew before. 10You do that and then you come to meet me here, in my own house! You say, ‘We are safe!’ This is my temple! It is not a place where robbers can hide and be safe. Listen to me! I have seen the things that you have done.” That is what the Lord says. 12“Go to Shiloh, and see what I did there. It was the first place that I chose where people would worship me. But I destroyed it because of the wicked things that my people, the Israelites, did. 13You have done the same wicked things. I have warned you many times, but you have not listened to me. I called out to you, but you refused to answer.” That is what the Lord says.

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 6:33When that happens, please hear them from your home in heaven. Please answer all the prayers of these foreign people. Then people from all the nations in the world will realize how great you are. They also will respect you and obey you, as your own people do. They will understand that this temple that I have built belongs to you.
• Isaiah 56:7Then I will bring them to my holy mountain. I will make them happy in my house, where people pray to me. I will accept their burnt offerings and sacrifices, when they offer them to me on my altar. People will call my temple, “A house where people from all nations may pray.” ’
• Matthew 21:13Jesus spoke to them all. He said, ‘The Bible says, “God's house will be a place where people come together to pray.” But you have changed it into a place where robbers meet.’
• Mark 11:17While he was teaching the people, Jesus said, ‘The Bible says, “God's house will be a place where people from all countries pray.” But you have changed it into a place where robbers meet.’
• Luke 19:45Jesus went into the yard of the temple. Some people were selling things there. He began to make them all leave that place.
• John 2:16He said to the people who sold birds, ‘Take them out of here! Do not make my Father's house into a market!’
• Jeremiah 2:34You have been cruel to poor people for no reason. Your clothes have their blood on them! They had not robbed you, but you still killed them. You have done all these bad things, but still you say,
• Jeremiah 16:16But now I will send enemies to catch these people. They will catch them like fishermen catch fish. They will chase after them like hunters who catch wild animals. They will find them everywhere in the mountains, in the hills and in holes in the rocks.
• Jeremiah 23:24Do you think you can hide in a place where I cannot see you? You should know that I am everywhere, in the heavens above and on the earth.’ That is what the Lord says.
• Hebrews 4:13There is nothing in the whole world that can hide from God. He sees everything clearly and he knows everything. We will have to explain to him everything that we have done during our lives.
• Revelation 2:18‘Write this to the angel of the church at Thyatira: “This is the message to you from the Son of God. He has eyes that burn brightly like flames of fire. His feet shine like bright metal.

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

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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