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Jeremiah 7:10
10and then come and stand before me in this house, which bears my Name, and say, “We are safe”—safe to do all these detestable things?
Jeremiah 7:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations?
- English Standard Version (ESV)and then come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, 'We are delivered!'—only to go on doing all these abominations?
- New King James Version (NKJV)and then come and stand before Me in this house which is called by My name, and say, ‘We are delivered to do all these abominations’?
- New Living Translation (NLT)and then come here and stand before me in my Temple and chant, “We are safe!”—only to go right back to all those evils again?
Context of Jeremiah 7:10
8But look, you are trusting in deceptive words that are worthless. 9“ ‘Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal and follow other gods you have not known, and then come and stand before me in this house, which bears my Name, and say, “We are safe”—safe to do all these detestable things? 11Has this house, which bears my Name, become a den of robbers to you? But I have been watching! declares the Lord. 12“ ‘Go now to the place in Shiloh where I first made a dwelling for my Name, and see what I did to it because of the wickedness of my people Israel.
Read all of Jeremiah 7Jeremiah 7:10 word by word
וּבָאתֶ֞ם וַעֲמַדְתֶּ֣ם לְפָנַ֗י בַּבַּ֤יִת הַזֶּה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נִקְרָא־שְׁמִ֣י עָלָ֔יו וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם נִצַּ֑לְנוּ לְמַ֣עַן עֲשׂ֔וֹת אֵ֥ת כָּל־הַתּוֹעֵב֖וֹת הָאֵֽלֶּה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
- and standעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: standH5975
- beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
- me in this houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
- which is calledקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call byH7121
- by my nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
- and sayאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- We are deliveredנָצַלnâtsal · to rescueH5337
- to doעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
- all these abominationsתּוֹעֵבַהtô‛êbah tô‛êbah · abominationH8441
Cross-references for Jeremiah 7:10
- Proverbs 7:14“Today I fulfilled my vows, and I have food from my fellowship offering at home.
- Proverbs 15:8The Lord detests the sacrifice of the wicked, but the prayer of the upright pleases him.
- Isaiah 1:10Hear the word of the Lord, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the instruction of our God, you people of Gomorrah!
- Isaiah 48:2you who call yourselves citizens of the holy city and claim to rely on the God of Israel— the Lord Almighty is his name:
- Isaiah 58:2For day after day they seek me out; they seem eager to know my ways, as if they were a nation that does what is right and has not forsaken the commands of its God. They ask me for just decisions and seem eager for God to come near them.
- Ezekiel 20:39“ ‘As for you, people of Israel, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Go and serve your idols, every one of you! But afterward you will surely listen to me and no longer profane my holy name with your gifts and idols.
- Ezekiel 23:29They will deal with you in hatred and take away everything you have worked for. They will leave you stark naked, and the shame of your prostitution will be exposed. Your lewdness and promiscuity
- Ezekiel 33:31My people come to you, as they usually do, and sit before you to hear your words, but they do not put them into practice. Their mouths speak of love, but their hearts are greedy for unjust gain.
- John 13:18“I am not referring to all of you; I know those I have chosen. But this is to fulfill this passage of Scripture: ‘He who shared my bread has turned against me.’
- John 18:28Then the Jewish leaders took Jesus from Caiaphas to the palace of the Roman governor. By now it was early morning, and to avoid ceremonial uncleanness they did not enter the palace, because they wanted to be able to eat the Passover.
- Jeremiah 7:11Has this house, which bears my Name, become a den of robbers to you? But I have been watching! declares the Lord.
- Jeremiah 32:34They set up their vile images in the house that bears my Name and defiled it.
- Jeremiah 34:15Recently you repented and did what is right in my sight: Each of you proclaimed freedom to your own people. You even made a covenant before me in the house that bears my Name.
- 2 Kings 21:4He built altars in the temple of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, “In Jerusalem I will put my Name.”
- 2 Chronicles 33:4He built altars in the temple of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, “My Name will remain in Jerusalem forever.”
Commentaries on Jeremiah 7:10
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10We are delivered - Jeremiah accuses them of trusting in the ceremonial of the temple instead of leading holy lives. “You break,” he says, “the Ten Commandments, and then you go to the Temple; and when the service is over you say, We are delivered. We have atoned for our past actions, and may start afresh with easy minds upon a new course of wickedness.”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
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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
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