Jeremiah 7:10 (ASV)

Passage

and come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered; that ye may do all these abominations?

Nearby 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 that ye have not known,

Jeremiah 7:10 and come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered; that ye may do all these abominations?

Jeremiah 7:11 Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I, even I, have seen it, saith Jehovah.

Jeremiah 7:12 But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I caused my name to dwell at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "called", "come", "stand", "before", "house", "name", "delivered", and "abominations". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "called" and "come", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "Will ye steal murder and commit adultery..." into verse 11's "Is this house which is called by...", so "called" and "come" belong inside that flow. In Jeremiah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "called" and "come" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.