Jeremiah 7:9

Jeremiah 7:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;
• New International Version (NIV)“ ‘Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal and follow other gods you have not known,
• English Standard Version (ESV)Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, make offerings to Baal, and go after other gods that you have not known,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods whom you do not know,

Context of Jeremiah 7:9

7then I will let you live in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever. 8“Behold, you are trusting in deceptive words to no avail. Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, offer sacrifices to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known, 10then come and stand before Me in this house which is called by My name, and say, ‘We are saved!’--so that you may do all these abominations? 11Has this house, which is called by My name, become a den of robbers in your sight? Behold, I Myself have seen it,” declares the Lord.

Jeremiah 7:9 word by word

הֲגָנֹ֤ב׀ רָצֹ֙חַ֙ וְֽנָאֹ֔ף וְהִשָּׁבֵ֥עַ לַשֶּׁ֖קֶר וְקַטֵּ֣ר לַבָּ֑עַל וְהָלֹ֗ךְ אַחֲרֵ֛י אֱלֹהִ֥ים אֲחֵרִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹֽא־יְדַעְתֶּֽם׃Read the interlinear

• Will you stealגָּנַבgânab · to stealH1589
• murderרָצַחrâtsach · to murderH7523
• commitנָאַףnâ'aph · to commit adulteryH5003
• swearשָׁבַעshâba‛ · to swearH7650
• falselyשֶׁ֫קֶרsheqer · deceptionH8267
• offerקָטַרqâţar · to offer: burnH6999
• to Baalבַּעַלba‛al · BaalH1168
• and followהָלַךְhâlak · to go: followH1980
• and followאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• otherאַחֵר'achêr · anotherH312
• godsאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• that you have not knownיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045

Cross-references for Jeremiah 7:9

• Jeremiah 9:2Oh that I had in the desert A travelers’ lodging place; So that I might leave my people And go away from them! For all of them are adulterers, An assembly of treacherous people.
• Psalms 50:16But to the wicked God says, “What right do you have to tell of My statutes And to take My covenant in your mouth?
• Isaiah 59:1Behold, the Lord’s hand is not so short That it cannot save; Nor is His ear so dull That it cannot hear.
• Ezekiel 18:10“However, he may father a violent son who sheds blood, and does any one of these things to a brother
• Ezekiel 33:25Therefore say to them, ‘This is what the Lord God says: “You eat meat with the blood in it, raise your eyes to your idols as you shed blood. Should you then possess the land?
• Hosea 4:1Listen to the word of the Lord, you sons of Israel, Because the Lord has a case against the inhabitants of the land, For there is no faithfulness, nor loyalty, Nor knowledge of God in the land.
• Micah 3:8On the other hand, I am filled with power-- With the Spirit of the Lord-- And with justice and courage To make known to Jacob his rebellious act, And to Israel his sin.
• Zephaniah 1:5And those who bow down on the housetops to the heavenly lights, And those who bow down and swear to the Lord, but also swear by Milcom,
• Zechariah 5:3Then he said to me, “This is the curse that is going forth over the face of the entire land; everyone who steals certainly will be purged away according to the writing on one side, and everyone who swears falsely will be purged away according to the writing on the other side.
• Malachi 3:5“Then I will come near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, those who oppress the wage earner in his wages or the widow or the orphan, and those who turn away the stranger from justice and do not fear Me,” says the Lord of armies.
• Romans 2:2And we know that the judgment of God rightly falls upon those who practice such things.
• 1 Corinthians 6:9Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals,
• Galatians 5:19Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: sexual immorality, impurity, indecent behavior,
• Ephesians 5:5For this you know with certainty, that no sexually immoral or impure or greedy person, which amounts to an idolater, has an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
• 2 Timothy 3:2For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, slanderers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,
• James 4:1What is the source of quarrels and conflicts among you? Is the source not your pleasures that wage war in your body’s parts?

Commentaries on Jeremiah 7:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Will ye steal, murder - Will you continue to commit such abominations, and pretend to worship me; and thus defile the place that is called by my name; and so make my house a den of robbers? I have seen this, - and can you expect to escape condign punishment? Ye shall not escape.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-10steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury: The people's actions broke most of the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:3–7, 13–17). burn incense...follow: Israel's relationship with God did not rely on any magical or ritual connection. It depended on following the terms of his covenant. Their actions broke that relationship and disrespected the Lord's holy character.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-109-10. "Will ye steal ... and then come and stand before Me?" whom ye know not--Ye have no grounds of "knowing" that they are gods; but I have manifested My Godhead by My law, by benefits conferred, and by miracles. This aggravates their crime [Calvin] (Jud 5:8).Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 7:9

• Adultery
• Baal
• Condescension of God
• Dishonesty
• Homicide
• Hypocrisy
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Oath
• Perjury
• Theft and Thieves

In the dictionaries

• Baal
• Mirth
• Reject
• Baal (1)
• Covenant, the New
• Crime; Crimes
• Exodus, the Book of
• Jeremiah (2)
• Murder

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