Jeremiah 7:9
7 Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever.
8 Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.
Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;
10 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?
11 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.
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
Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Read in contextJeremiah 7:6
If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:
Read in contextJames 4:1–4
From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
Read in contextJeremiah 11:17
For the LORD of hosts, that planted thee, hath pronounced evil against thee, for the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done against themselves to provoke me to anger in offering incense unto Baal.
Read in contextJeremiah 11:13
For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto Baal.
Read in context1 Kings 18:21
And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.
Read in contextRomans 2:2
But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things.
Read in contextGalatians 5:19–21
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
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