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 in other translations
| BSB | Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known, |
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| WEB | Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods that you have not known, |
| ASV | Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods that ye have not known, |
| YLT | Stealing, murdering, and committing adultery, And swearing to falsehood, and giving perfume to Baal, And going after other gods whom ye knew not. |
| DARBY | What? steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after othergods whom ye know not... |
| BBE | Will 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; |
| Webster | Will 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
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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…
Jeremiah 7:9 in the original Hebrew
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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
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?
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, |
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| 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: |