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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Don’t you yourselves admit that this Temple, which bears my name, has become a den of thieves? Surely I see all the evil going on there. I, the Lord, have spoken!

Context of Jeremiah 7:11

9“ ‘Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal and follow other gods you have not known, 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? Has 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. 13While you were doing all these things, declares the Lord, I spoke to you again and again, but you did not listen; 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, your dwelling place. Do whatever the foreigner asks of you, so that all the peoples of the earth may know your name and fear you, as do your own people Israel, and may know that this house I have built bears your Name.
• Isaiah 56:7these I will bring to my holy mountain and give them joy in my house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on my altar; for my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations.”
• Matthew 21:13“It is written,” he said to them, “ ‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”
• Mark 11:17And as he taught them, he said, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations’? But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”
• Luke 19:45When Jesus entered the temple courts, he began to drive out those who were selling.
• John 2:16To those who sold doves he said, “Get these out of here! Stop turning my Father’s house into a market!”
• Jeremiah 2:34On your clothes is found the lifeblood of the innocent poor, though you did not catch them breaking in. Yet in spite of all this
• Jeremiah 16:16“But now I will send for many fishermen,” declares the Lord, “and they will catch them. After that I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them down on every mountain and hill and from the crevices of the rocks.
• Jeremiah 23:24Who can hide in secret places so that I cannot see them?” declares the Lord. “Do not I fill heaven and earth?” declares the Lord.
• Hebrews 4:13Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.
• Revelation 2:18“To the angel of the church in Thyatira write: These are the words of the Son of God, whose eyes are like blazing fire and whose feet are like burnished 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