Jeremiah 7 · Verse 10

Jeremiah 7:10

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?
Jeremiah 7:10, King James Version

Jeremiah 7:10 in other translations

BSBand 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’?
WEBthen 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?
ASVand 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?
YLTAnd 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.
DARBYthen 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!
BBEAnd come and take your place before me in this house, which is named by my name, and say, We have been made safe; so that you may do all these disgusting things?
WebsterAnd come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations?

What does Jeremiah 7:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 7:9-10

9-10. "Will ye steal ... and then come and stand before Me?" whom ye know not--Ye have no grounds of "knowing" that they are gods; but I have manifested My Godhead by My law, by benefits conferred, and by miracles. This aggravates their crime [Calvin] (Jud 5:8).

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 7:1-16

Confidence in the temple is vain. (Jr 7:1-16) The provocation by persisting in idolatry. (Jr 7:17-20) God justifies his dealings with them. (Jr 7:21-28) And threatens vengeance. (Jr 7:29-34) Verses 1-16 No observances, professions, or supposed revelations, will profit, if men do not amend their ways and their doings. None can claim an interest in free salvation, who allow themselves in the practice of known sin, or…

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Jeremiah 7:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וּבָאתֶ֞םu.va.Temand you will comeH935
וַעֲמַדְתֶּ֣םva.'a.mad.Temand you will standH5975
לְפָנַ֗יle.fa.Nai<to> before meH6440
בַּבַּ֤יִתba.Ba.yitin the houseH1004
הַזֶּה֙ha.Zeh<the> thisH2088
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834
נִקְרָא\־nik.ra'-it is calledH7121
שְׁמִ֣יshe.Miname myH8034
עָלָ֔יו'a.Lavon itH5921
וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖םva.'a.mar.Temand you will sayH559
נִצַּ֑לְנוּni.Tzal.nuwe are deliveredH5337
לְמַ֣עַןle.Ma.'anso asH4616
עֲשׂ֔וֹתa.Sotto doH6213
אֵ֥ת'et<obj.>H853
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
הַתּוֹעֵב֖וֹתha.to.'e.Votthe abominationsH8441
הָאֵֽלֶּה\׃ha.'E.leh<the> theseH428

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jeremiah 7:10

  • Jeremiah 32:34

    But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, to defile it.

  • Ezekiel 23:39

    For when they had slain their children to their idols, then they came the same day into my sanctuary to profane it; and, lo, thus have they done in the midst of mine house.

  • Ezekiel 23:37

    That they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands, and with their idols have they committed adultery, and have also caused their sons, whom they bare unto me, to pass for them through the fire, to devour them.

  • Jeremiah 7:11

    Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the Lord.

  • Jeremiah 34:15

    And ye were now turned, and had done right in my sight, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbour; and ye had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name:

  • Jeremiah 7:14

    Therefore will I do unto this house, which is called by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.

  • Jeremiah 7:30

    For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith the Lord: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to pollute it.

  • 2 Chronicles 33:4

    Also he built altars in the house of the Lord, whereof the Lord had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.

  • John 13:26-27

    Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon. And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly.

  • Ezekiel 20:39

    As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord God; Go ye, serve ye every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken unto me: but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols.

  • Matthew 23:13

    But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.

  • Isaiah 58:2-4

    Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God. Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours. Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
come.
Pr 7:14,15; 15:8; Isa 1:10-15; 48:2; 58:2-4; Eze 20:39; 23:29,37,39
Eze 33:31; Mt 23:14; Joh 13:18,26,27; 18:28
which is called, etc. Heb. whereupon my name is called.
11,14,30; 32:34; 34:15; 2Ki 21:4; 2Ch 33:4,7

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Context

  • Jeremiah 7:9

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

  • Jeremiah 7:10

    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?

  • Jeremiah 7:11

    Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the Lord.

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Jeremiah 7:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Vendréis y os pondréis delante de mí en esta casa sobre la cual es invocado mi nombre, y diréis: Librados somos: para hacer todas estas abominaciones?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et vous venez, et vous vous tenez devant moi dans cette maison qui est appelée de mon nom, et vous dites: Nous sommes délivrés pour faire toutes ces abominations.
German
Elberfelder 1871
und dann kommet ihr und tretet vor mein Angesicht in diesem Hause, welches nach meinem Namen genannt ist, und sprechet: Wir sind errettet-damit ihr alle diese Greuel verübet!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et venistis, et stetistis coram me in domo hac, in qua invocatum est nomen meum, et dixistis: Liberati sumus, eo quod fecerimus omnes abominationes istas.