Jeremiah 7:10

and [then] come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered, that ye may do all these abominations?

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In The King James Version

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?

In Context

9Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods that ye have not known,

11Has this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I, even I, have seen it, says LORD.

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Cross References

2 Kings 21:4And he built altars in the house of LORD, of which LORD said, In Jerusalem I will put my name.

2 Chronicles 33:7And he set the graven image of the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my

Proverbs 15:8The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to LORD, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

Isaiah 48:2(for they call themselves of the holy city, and steady themselves upon the God of Israel, LORD of hosts is his name):

Jeremiah 7:11Has this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I, even I, have seen it, says LORD.

Jeremiah 7:30For the sons of Judah have done that which is evil in my sight, says LORD. They have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 7:2-16

A Call of Repentance. ( b. c. 606.) 1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord , saying, 2 Stand in the gate of the Lord 's house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of the Lord , all ye of Judah, that enter in at these gates to worship the Lord . 3 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place. 4 Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the Lord , The temple of the Lord , The temple of the Lord , are… Read the whole commentary →

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