Jeremías 7:9

9 ¿De verdad piensan que pueden robar, matar, cometer adulterio, mentir y quemar incienso a Baal y a los otros nuevos dioses que tienen,

Jeremías 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.

Jeremías 7:9 In-Context

7 Entonces, les permitiré quedarse en esta tierra que les di a sus antepasados para siempre.

8 »”No se dejen engañar ni crean que nunca tendrán que sufrir porque el templo está aquí. ¡Es una mentira!

9 ¿De verdad piensan que pueden robar, matar, cometer adulterio, mentir y quemar incienso a Baal y a los otros nuevos dioses que tienen,

10 y luego venir y presentarse delante de mí en mi templo a repetir: ‘¡Estamos a salvo!’, solo para irse a cometer nuevamente todas las mismas maldades?

11 ¿No reconocen ustedes mismos que este templo, que lleva mi nombre, se ha convertido en una cueva de ladrones? Les aseguro que veo todo el mal que ocurre allí. ¡Yo, el Señor
, he hablado!