Jeremiah 7:11 (DRB)

Passage

Is this house then, in which my name hath been called upon, in your eyes become a den of robbers? I, I am he: I have seen it, saith the Lord.

Nearby Context

Jeremiah 7:9 To steal, to murder, to commit adultery, to swear falsely, to offer to Baalim, and to go after strange gods, which you know not.

Jeremiah 7:10 And you have come, and stood before me in this house, in which my name is called upon, and have said: We are delivered, because we have done all these abominations.

Jeremiah 7:11 Is this house then, in which my name hath been called upon, in your eyes become a den of robbers? I, I am he: I have seen it, saith the Lord.

Jeremiah 7:12 Go ye to my place in Silo, where my name dwelt from the beginning: and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel:

Jeremiah 7:13 And now, because you have done all these works, saith the Lord: and I have spoken to you rising up early, and speaking, and you have not heard: and I have called you, and you have not answered:

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "called", "house", "name", "hath", "been", "upon", "eyes", and "become". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "called" and "house", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "And you have come and stood before..." into verse 12's "Go ye to my place in Silo...", so "called" and "house" 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 "house" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.