Will you 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, whereupon my Name is called, and say, We are delivered, though we have done all these abominations?

11 Is this House become [a]a den of thieves, whereupon my Name is called before your eyes? Behold, even I see it, saith the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 7:11 As thieves hid in holes and dens think themselves safe, so when you are in my Temple, you think to be covered with the holiness thereof, and that I cannot see your wickedness, Matt. 21:13.

“‘Will you steal(A) and murder,(B) commit adultery(C) and perjury,[a](D) burn incense to Baal(E) and follow other gods(F) you have not known, 10 and then come and stand(G) before me in this house,(H) which bears my Name, and say, “We are safe”—safe to do all these detestable things?(I) 11 Has this house,(J) which bears my Name, become a den of robbers(K) to you? But I have been watching!(L) declares the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 7:9 Or and swear by false gods