Jeremiah 7:9

9 “ ‘Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury,[a] burn incense to Baal and follow other gods you have not known,

Jeremiah 7:9 in Other Translations

KJV
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;
ESV
9 Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, make offerings to Baal, and go after other gods that you have not known,
NLT
9 Do you really think you can steal, murder, commit adultery, lie, and burn incense to Baal and all those other new gods of yours,
MSG
9 Use your heads! Do you think you can rob and murder, have sex with the neighborhood wives, tell lies nonstop, worship the local gods, and buy every novel religious commodity on the market
CSB
9 "Do you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known?

Jeremiah 7:9 In-Context

7 then I will let you live in this place, in the land I gave your ancestors for ever and ever.
8 But look, you are trusting in deceptive words that are worthless.
9 “ ‘Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal and follow other gods you have not known,
10 and then come and stand before me in this house, which bears my Name, and say, “We are safe”—safe to do all these detestable things?
11 Has this house, which bears my Name, become a den of robbers to you? But I have been watching! declares the LORD.

Cross References 7

  • 1. Exodus 20:15
  • 2. Exodus 20:13
  • 3. Exodus 20:14; S Numbers 25:1
  • 4. Exodus 20:16; S Leviticus 19:12; Zechariah 8:17; Malachi 3:5
  • 5. S Isaiah 1:13
  • 6. Jeremiah 11:13,17; Jeremiah 32:29
  • 7. S Exodus 20:3; Hosea 2:13

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Or "and swear by false gods"
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