Jeremiah 7:17 (GNV)

Passage

Seest thou not what they doe in the cities of Iudah and in the streetes of Ierusalem?

Nearby Context

Jeremiah 7:15 And I will cast you out of my sight, as I haue cast out all your brethren, euen the whole seede of Ephraim.

Jeremiah 7:16 Therfore thou shalt not pray for this people, neither lift vp crie or praier for them neither intreat me, for I will not heare thee.

Jeremiah 7:17 Seest thou not what they doe in the cities of Iudah and in the streetes of Ierusalem?

Jeremiah 7:18 The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knede the dough to make cakes to the Queene of heauen and to powre out drinke offrings vnto other gods, that they may prouoke me vnto anger.

Jeremiah 7:19 Doe they prouoke me to anger, sayeth the Lord, and not themselues to the confusion of their owne faces?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "seest", "thou", "cities", "iudah", "streetes", and "ierusalem". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "seest" and "thou", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 16's "Therfore thou shalt not pray for this..." into verse 18's "The children gather wood and the fathers...", so "seest" and "thou" 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 "seest" and "thou" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.