Jeremiah 7:9
7 then I will let you live in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever.
8 But look, you keep trusting in deceptive words to no avail.
Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known,
10 and then come and stand before Me in this house, which bears My Name, and say, ‘We are delivered, so we can continue with all these abominations’?
11 Has this house, which bears My Name, become a den of robbers in your sight? Yes, I too have seen it, declares the LORD.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known,
- 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;
- WEB
- Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods that you have not known,
- ASV
- Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods that ye have not known,
- DARBY
- What? steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not
- BLB
- Are you stealing, murdering, and committing adultery, and swearing by deception, and burning incense to Baal, and walking after other gods whom you do not know,
- ÅB
- Hvordan? Dere stjeler, slår ihjel, driver hor, sverger falsk og brenner røkelse for Ba'al og følger andre guder, som dere ikke kjenner,
- OTB
- Vil dere stjele, myrde, begå ekteskapsbrudd, sverge falskt, brenne røkelse for Baal og følge andre guder som dere ikke har kjent,
- B1930
- Hvorledes? I stjeler, slår ihjel, driver hor, sverger falsk og brenner røkelse for Ba'al og følger andre guder, som I ikke kjenner,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Exodus 20:3
You shall have no other gods before Me.
Read in contextJeremiah 7:6
if you no longer oppress the foreigner and the fatherless and the widow, and if you no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods to your own harm,
Read in contextJames 4:1–4
What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you?
Read in contextJeremiah 11:17
The LORD of Hosts, who planted you, has decreed disaster against you on account of the evil that the house of Israel and the house of Judah have brought upon themselves, provoking Me to anger by burning incense to Baal.”
Read in contextJeremiah 11:13
Your gods are indeed as numerous as your cities, O Judah; the altars of shame you have set up—the altars to burn incense to Baal—are as many as the streets of Jerusalem.’
Read in context1 Kings 18:21
Then Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him. But if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people did not answer a word.
Read in contextRomans 2:2
And we know that God’s judgment against those who do such things is based on truth.
Read in contextGalatians 5:19–21
The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;
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