Jeremiah 7 · Verse 9

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 7:9, King James Version

Jeremiah 7:9 in other translations

BSBWill you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known,
WEBWill you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods that you have not known,
ASVWill ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods that ye have not known,
YLTStealing, murdering, and committing adultery, And swearing to falsehood, and giving perfume to Baal, And going after other gods whom ye knew not.
DARBYWhat? steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after othergods whom ye know not...
BBEWill you take the goods of others, put men to death, and be untrue to your wives, and take false oaths, and have perfumes burned to the Baal, and go after other gods which are strange to you;
WebsterWill ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;

What does Jeremiah 7:9 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).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 9 Will ye steal, murder - Will you continue to commit such abominations, and pretend to worship me; and thus defile the place that is called by my name; and so make my house a den of robbers? I have seen this, - and can you expect to escape condign punishment? Ye shall not escape.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

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 7:9 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.

הֲגָנֹ֤ב\׀ha.ga.No¿ will you stealH1589
רָצֹ֙חַ֙ra.Tzo.achwill you murder?H7523
וְֽנָאֹ֔ףve.na.'Ofand will you commit adultery?H5003
וְהִשָּׁבֵ֥עַve.hi.sha.Ve.a'and will you swear?H7650
לַשֶּׁ֖קֶרla.She.kerto <the> falsehoodH8267
וְקַטֵּ֣רve.ka.Terand will you make smoke?H6999
לַבָּ֑עַלla.Ba.'alto <the> BaalH1168
וְהָלֹ֗ךְve.ha.Lokhand will you walk?H1980
אַחֲרֵ֛י'a.cha.ReiafterH310
אֱלֹהִ֥ים'E.lo.HimgodsH430
אֲחֵרִ֖ים'a.che.RimotherH312
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834
לֹֽא\־lo'-notH3808
יְדַעְתֶּֽם\׃ye.da'.Temyou have knownH3045

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

Cross references for Jeremiah 7:9

  • Exodus 20:3

    Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

  • Jeremiah 7:6

    If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:

  • James 4:1-4

    From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

  • Jeremiah 11:17

    For the Lord of hosts, that planted thee, hath pronounced evil against thee, for the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done against themselves to provoke me to anger in offering incense unto Baal.

  • Jeremiah 11:13

    For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto Baal.

  • 1 Kings 18:21

    And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

  • Romans 2:2

    But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things.

  • Galatians 5:19-21

    Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

  • Revelation 22:15

    For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.

  • Jeremiah 44:3

    Because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incense, and to serve other gods, whom they knew not, neither they, ye, nor your fathers.

  • Jeremiah 32:29

    And the Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come and set fire on this city, and burn it with the houses, upon whose roofs they have offered incense unto Baal, and poured out drink offerings unto other gods, to provoke me to anger.

  • Ezekiel 18:18

    As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, lo, even he shall die in his iniquity.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
steal.
9:2-9; Ps 50:16-21; Isa 59:1-8; Eze 18:10-13,18; 33:25,26
Ho 4:1-3; Mic 3:8-12; Zep 1:5; Zec 5:3,4; Mal 3:5; Ro 2:2,17-29
1Co 6:9,10; Ga 5:19-21; Eph 5:5-7; 2Ti 3:2-5; Jas 4:1-4; Re 21:8
Re 22:15
and burn.
11:13,17; 32:29; 1Ki 18:21
and walk.
6; 13:10; 44:3; Ex 20:3; De 32:17; Jud 5:8

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Jeremiah 7:8

    Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.

  • 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?

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Jeremiah 7:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
¿Hurtando, matando, y adulterando, y jurando falso, é incensando á Baal, y andando tras dioses extraños que no conocisteis,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Quoi? voler, tuer, commettre adultère, jurer faussement, brûler de l’encens à Baal, marcher après d’autres dieux que vous ne connaissez pas!…
German
Elberfelder 1871
Wie? stehlen, morden und Ehebruch treiben und falsch schwören und dem Baal räuchern und anderen Göttern nachwandeln, die ihr nicht kennet!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
furari, occidere, adulterari, jurare mendaciter, libare Baalim, et ire post deos alienos quos ignoratis: