Jeremiah 7:10
in Jeremiah 7and then come and stand before Me in this house, which bears My Name, and say, ‘We are delivered, so we can continue with all these abominations’?
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
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?
KJV
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?
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This verse in Jeremiah 7
Commentary
7 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
We are delivered - Jeremiah accuses them of trusting in the ceremonial of the temple instead of leading holy lives. “You break,” he says, “the Ten Commandments, and then you go to the Temple; and when the service is over you say, We are delivered. We have atoned for our past actions, and may start afresh with easy minds upon a new course of wickedness.”
This site's exposition
trusting in deceptive words to no avail
on Jeremiah 7:8-11
Verse 8 states the charge plainly, “you keep trusting in deceptive words to no avail”. Jesus repeats the words “a den of robbers” at the temple cleansing in Matthew 21:13, Mark 11:17 and Luke 19:46. A den of robbers is where robbers go to feel safe after the crime.
This site's exposition
We are delivered
We are delivered is the worshippers' own verdict on themselves as they leave the service. Barnes paraphrases it as a clean slate, the past atoned for and the old wickedness free to begin again. The temple had become a place to reset sin.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 8 and following) Behold, you trust in yourselves with words of falsehood (or lies) which have not benefited you. To steal, to kill, to commit adultery, to swear falsely, to offer sacrifices to Baal, and to follow foreign gods that you do not know. And you have come and stood before me in this house, in which my name is invoked, and you have said: We are delivered (or we have ceased): because we have done all these abominations. They vainly have confidence in the temple, as the following sins show.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Those that think to excuse themselves in unchristian practices with the Christian name, and sin the more boldly and securely because there is a sin-offering provided, do, in effect, make God's house of prayer a den of thieves, as the priests in Christ's time, Matt. xxi.
And come and stand before me in this house,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
And come--And yet come (Eze 23:39). We are delivered--namely, from all impending calamities. In spite of the prophet's threats, we have nothing to fear; we have offered our sacrifices, and therefore Jehovah will "deliver" us. to do all these abominations--namely, those enumerated (Jer 7:9).
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
Has..a cave of profligate men? Was this house in your eyes? This is a question.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 7 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
17 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּבָאתֶ֞ם | uvatem | and you will come | H935 → | 2568 times |
| וַעֲמַדְתֶּ֣ם | vaamadtem | and you will stand | H5975 → | 521 times |
| לְפָנַ֗י | lefanai | <to> before me | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| בַּבַּ֤יִת | babayit | in the house | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| הַזֶּה֙ | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| נִקְרָא־ | nikra'- | it is called | H7121 → | 733 times |
| שְׁמִ֣י | shemi | name my | H8034 → | 864 times |
| עָלָ֔יו | ʾalav | on it | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם | vaamartem | and you will say | H559 → | 5305 times |
| נִצַּ֑לְנוּ | nitzalnu | we are delivered | H5337 → | 212 times |
| לְמַ֣עַן | lemaan | so as | H4616 → | 272 times |
| עֲשׂ֔וֹת | asot | to do | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| אֵ֥ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַתּוֹעֵב֖וֹת | hatoevot | the abominations | H8441 → | 117 times |
| הָאֵֽלֶּה׃ | haeleh | <the> these | H428 → | 746 times |
וּבָאתֶ֞םand you will come
uvatemH935 →2568 times
וַעֲמַדְתֶּ֣םand you will stand
vaamadtemH5975 →521 times
לְפָנַ֗י<to> before me
lefanaiH6440 →2123 times
בַּבַּ֤יִתin the house
babayitH1004 →2046 times
הַזֶּה֙<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
נִקְרָא־it is called
nikra'-H7121 →733 times
שְׁמִ֣יname my
shemiH8034 →864 times
עָלָ֔יוon it
ʾalavH5921 →5755 times
וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖םand you will say
vaamartemH559 →5305 times
נִצַּ֑לְנוּwe are delivered
nitzalnuH5337 →212 times
לְמַ֣עַןso as
lemaanH4616 →272 times
עֲשׂ֔וֹתto do
asotH6213 →2628 times
אֵ֥ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הַתּוֹעֵב֖וֹתthe abominations
hatoevotH8441 →117 times
הָאֵֽלֶּה׃<the> these
haelehH428 →746 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Jeremiah 7:30For the people of Judah have done evil in My sight, declares the LORD. They have set up their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 32:34
They have placed their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Ezekiel 7:20
His beautiful ornaments they transformed into pride and used them to fashion their vile images and detestable idols. Therefore I will make these into something unclean for them.
- Jeremiah 32:34
Through
Ezekiel 23:39On the very day they slaughtered their children for their idols, they entered My sanctuary to profane it. Yes, they did this inside My house.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 23:11
“For both prophet and priest are ungodly; even in My house I have found their wickedness,” declares the LORD.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Jeremiah 23:11
Through
Jeremiah 34:15Recently you repented and did what pleased Me; each of you proclaimed freedom for his neighbor. You made a covenant before Me in the house that bears My Name.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 34:8
After King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to proclaim liberty, the word came to Jeremiah from the LORD
- 2 Kings 23:3
So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul,…
- Jeremiah 34:8
Through
Ezekiel 23:37For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols. They have even sacrificed their children, whom they bore to Me, in the fire as food…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 16:36
This is what the Lord GOD says: Because you poured out your wealth and exposed your nakedness in your promiscuity with your lovers and with all your detestable idols, and because of the blood…
- Ezekiel 16:36
Through
Jeremiah 32:34They have placed their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 7:30
For the people of Judah have done evil in My sight, declares the LORD. They have set up their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it.
- Ezekiel 8:5–16
“Son of man,” He said to me, “now lift up your eyes to the north.” So I lifted up my eyes to the north, and in the entrance north of the Altar Gate I…
- Jeremiah 7:30
Where this verse is studied
About Jeremiah
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.