Jeremiah 7:10

so that it is evil with you; yet have ye come, and stood before me in the house, whereon my name is called, and ye have said, We have refrained from doing all these abominations.

Brenton Septuagint

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

9and ye murder, and commit adultery, and steal, and swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal, and are gone after strange gods whom ye know not,

11Is my house, whereon my name is called, a den of robbers in your eyes? And, behold, I have seen it, saith the Lord.

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Cross References

2 Kings 21:4And he built an altar in the house of the Lord, whereas he had said, In Jerusalem I will place my name.

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

Proverbs 15:8The sacrifices of the ungodly are an abomination to the Lord; but the prayers of them that walk honestly are acceptable with him.

Isaiah 48:2maintaining also the name of the holy city, and staying themselves on the God of Israel: the Lord of hosts is his name. The former things I have already declared;

Jeremiah 7:11Is my house, whereon my name is called, a den of robbers in your eyes? And, behold, I have seen it, saith the Lord.

Jeremiah 7:30For the children of Juda have wrought evil before me, saith the Lord; they have set their abominations in the house on which my name is called, 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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