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Will you steal? Will you murder? And will you commit adultery? And will you swear falsely?[a] And will you make a smoke offering to the Baal? And will you go after other gods whom you have not known? 10 And then you come and you stand before[b] me in this house, which is called by my name,[c] and you say, ‘we are safe to go on doing[d] all of these detestable things.’ 11 Has this house, which is called by my name,[e] become a cave of robbers in your eyes? Look, I, even I, have seen it,” [f] declares[g] Yahweh.

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  1. Jeremiah 7:9 Literally “to the lie”
  2. Jeremiah 7:10 Literally “to the face of”
  3. Jeremiah 7:10 Literally “my name over it”
  4. Jeremiah 7:10 Literally “for the sake of the doing of”
  5. Jeremiah 7:11 Literally “my name over it”
  6. Jeremiah 7:11 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  7. Jeremiah 7:11 Literally “a declaration of”

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