Jeremiah 7:9

9 First you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, offer to Ba'al and go after other gods that you haven't known.

Jeremiah 7:9 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 7:9

Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely,
&c.] At the same time they offered sacrifices, and trusted in them, they did those things, which would not be grateful to the Lord, nor profitable to them; or, "ye do steal"; so the Septuagint, and all the Oriental versions; and likewise the Targum; as charging them with them; these are sins against the second table of the law, as what follow are against the first: and burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;
for they not only burnt incense to Baal, which was an act of idolatrous worship; but served other strange gods they had not known before; whose names they had never heard of, and of whose help and assistance they now had no experience, nor received any benefit from, as they had on the one and only true God; and therefore it was great folly and ingratitude in them to forsake the Lord, and walk after these.

Jeremiah 7:9 In-Context

7 then I will let you stay in this place, in the land I gave to your ancestors forever and ever.
8 Look! You are relying on deceitful words that can't do you any good.
9 First you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, offer to Ba'al and go after other gods that you haven't known.
10 Then you come and stand before me in this house that bears my name and say, 'We are saved' - so that you can go on doing these abominations!
11 Do you regard this house, which bears my name, as a cave for bandits? I can see for myself what's going on," says ADONAI.
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