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Jeremiah 7:4

Do not trust in deceptive words, chanting: ‘This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.’

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ASV

Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of Jehovah, the temple of Jehovah, the temple of Jehovah, are these.

KJV

Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord, are these.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אַל־'al-may notH408 →
תִּבְטְח֣וּtiv.te.Chuyou trustH982 →
לָכֶ֔םla.Khemfor <the> yourselves
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
דִּבְרֵ֥יdiv.Rei<the> words ofH1697 →
הַשֶּׁ֖קֶרha.She.ker<the> deceptionH8267 →
לֵאמֹ֑רle.Mor<to> sayingH559 →
הֵיכַ֤לhei.Khal[the] temple ofH1964 →
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068 →
הֵיכַ֣לhei.Khal[the] temple ofH1964 →
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
הֵיכַ֥לhei.Khal[are] [the] temple ofH1964 →
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
הֵֽמָּה׃He.mahtheyH1992 →

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Micah 3:11Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.”Isaiah 59:4No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.Zephaniah 3:11On that day you will not be put to shame for any of the deeds by which you have transgressed against Me. For then I will remove from among you those who rejoice in their pride, and you will never again be haughty on My holy mountain.Matthew 3:9–10And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.Ezekiel 13:19You have profaned Me among My people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. By lying to My people who would listen, you have killed those who should not have died and spared those who should not have lived.Jeremiah 29:31“Send a message telling all the exiles what the LORD says concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite. Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you—though I did not send him—and has made you trust in a lie,Ezekiel 16:15But because of your fame, you trusted in your beauty and played the harlot. You lavished your favors on everyone who passed by, and your beauty was theirs for the asking.Jeremiah 7:14therefore what I did to Shiloh I will now do to the house that bears My Name, the house in which you trust, the place that I gave to you and your fathers.Jeremiah 7:8–12But look, you keep trusting in deceptive words to no avail.Luke 3:8Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.Jeremiah 6:14They dress the wound of My people with very little care, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace at all.1 Samuel 4:3–4When the troops returned to the camp, the elders of Israel asked, “Why has the LORD brought defeat on us before the Philistines today? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Shiloh, so that it may go with us to save us from the hand of our enemies.”Jeremiah 28:15Then the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah, “Listen, Hananiah! The LORD did not send you, but you have persuaded this people to trust in a lie.Hosea 5:6They go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD, but they do not find Him; He has withdrawn Himself from them.Jeremiah 29:23For they have committed an outrage in Israel by committing adultery with the wives of their neighbors and speaking lies in My name, which I did not command them to do. I am He who knows, and I am a witness, declares the LORD.”1 Samuel 4:3When the troops returned to the camp, the elders of Israel asked, “Why has the LORD brought defeat on us before the Philistines today? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Shiloh, so that it may go with us to save us from the hand of our enemies.”Jeremiah 21:13Behold, I am against you who dwell above the valley, atop the rocky plateau—declares the LORD—you who say, “Who can come against us? Who can enter our dwellings?”Jeremiah 3:16“In those days, when you multiply and increase in the land,” declares the LORD, “they will no longer discuss the ark of the covenant of the LORD. It will never come to mind, and no one will remember it or miss it, nor will another one be made.

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The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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