Jeremiah 7:13 (DRB)

Passage

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:

Nearby Context

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:

Jeremiah 7:14 I will do to this house, in which my name is called upon, and in which you trust, and to the place which I have given you and your fathers, as I did to Silo.

Jeremiah 7:15 And I will cast you away from before my face, as I have cast away all your brethren, the whole seed of Ephraim.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "called", "done", "works", "saith", "lord", "spoken", "rising", and "early". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "called" and "done", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "Go ye to my place in Silo..." into verse 14's "I will do to this house in...", so "called" and "done" 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 "done" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.