Jeremiah 7:9

and 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,

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;

In Context

8But whereas ye have trusted in lying words, whereby ye shall not be profited;

10so 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.

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Cross References

Exodus 20:3Thou shalt have no other gods beside me.

Judges 5:8They chose new gods; 1 Then the cities of rulers fought; 1 There was not a shield or spear seen 1 Among forty thousand in Israel. 1

Psalms 50:16Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation: 1 And my tongue shall joyfully declare thy righteousness. 1

Jeremiah 5:2The Lord lives, they say; do they not therefore swear falsely?

Jeremiah 9:2And they have bent their tongue like a bow: falsehood and not faithfulness has prevailed upon the earth; for they have gone on from evil to evil, and have not known me, saith the Lord.

Jeremiah 11:17And the Lord that planted thee has pronounced evils against thee, because of the iniquity of the house of Israel and the house of Judah, whatsoever they have done against themselves to provoke me to anger by burning incense to Baal.

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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