Jeremiah 7:17

17 Do you not see what they are doing in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?

Jeremiah 7:17 in Other Translations

17 Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?

17 Do you not see what they are doing in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?

17 Don’t you see what they are doing throughout the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?

17 Can't you see what they're doing in all the villages of Judah and in the Jerusalem streets?

17 Don't you see how they behave in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?

Jeremiah 7:17 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 7:17

Seest thou not what they do in the cities Judah
Not in one city only, but in all of and particularly the chief of them; as follows: and in the streets of Jerusalem?
these words, with what is said next, show the reason why the prophet was forbid to pray for this people, and the Lord was so provoked with them as to cast them out of his sight; and he appeals to the prophet, and to what he saw, or which he might see; for what was done was done not in secret, but openly, in the very streets of the city; by which he might be sufficiently convinced it was but just with God to do what he determined to do with them.

Jeremiah 7:17 In-Context

15 I will thrust you from my presence, just as I did all your fellow Israelites, the people of Ephraim.’

16 “So do not pray for this people nor offer any plea or petition for them; do not plead with me, for I will not listen to you.

17 Do you not see what they are doing in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?

18 The children gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough and make cakes to offer to the Queen of Heaven. They pour out drink offerings to other gods to arouse my anger.

19 But am I the one they are provoking? declares the LORD. Are they not rather harming themselves, to their own shame?