Jeremiah 7:10 - Forerunner Commentary

Jeremiah 7:10

8 “Behold, you trust in ^alying words that cannot profit.

9 ^aWill you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and ^bwalk after other gods whom you do not know,

10 ^aand then come and stand before Me in this house ^bwhich is called by My name, and say, ‘We are delivered to do all these abominations’?

11 Has ^athis house, which is called by My name, become a ^bden of thieves in your eyes? Behold, I, even I, have seen it,” says the Lord.

12 “But go now to ^aMy place which was in Shiloh, ^bwhere I set My name at the first, and see ^cwhat I did to it because of the wickedness of My people Israel.

13 And now, because you have done all these works,” says the Lord, “and I spoke to you, ^arising up early and speaking, but you did not hear, and I ^bcalled you, but you did not answer,

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American Standard Version
and 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?

Amplified® Bible
And [then dare to] come and stand before Me in this house, which is called by My Name, and say, [By the discharge of this religious formality] we are set free!--only to go on with this wickedness {and} these abominations?

Contemporary English Version
And then you come into my temple and worship me! Do you think I will protect you so that you can go on sinning?

Darby English Version
then ye come and stand before me, in this house which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered, -- in order to do all these abominations!

Good News Bible
You do these things I hate, and then you come and stand in my presence, in my own Temple, and say, 'We are safe!'

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?

New American Standard Bible
then come and stand before Me in this house, which is called by My name, and say, `We are delivered!'--that you may do all these abominations?

New International Version
and then come and stand before me in this house, which bears my Name, and say, "We are safe"-safe to do all these detestable things?

New King James Version
and then come and stand before Me in this house which is called by My name, and say, "We are delivered to do all these abominations"?

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
then come and stand before Me in this house, which you call by My name, and say, 'God has delivered us!'--that you may do all these abominations?

Revised Standard Version
and then come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, 'We are delivered!' --only to go on doing all these abominations?

Young's Literal Translation
And ye have come in and stood before Me, In this house on which My name is called, And have said, `We have been delivered,' In order to do all these abominations.

New English Translation
Then you come and stand in my presence in this temple I have claimed as my own¹ and say, “We are safe!” You think you are so safe that you go on doing all those hateful sins!²

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