Jeremiah 7:8 (DBY)

Passage

Behold, ye confide in words of falsehood that cannot profit.

Nearby Context

Jeremiah 7:6 [if] ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed no innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt;

Jeremiah 7:7 then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers from of old even for ever.

Jeremiah 7:8 Behold, ye confide in words of falsehood that cannot profit.

Jeremiah 7:9 What? steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not

Jeremiah 7:10 then ye come and stand before me, in this house which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered, in order to do all these abominations!

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "behold", "confide", "words", "falsehood", and "profit". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "behold" and "confide", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "then will I cause you to dwell..." into verse 9's "What steal murder and commit adultery and...", so "behold" and "confide" 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 "behold" and "confide" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.