Jeremiah 7:30 (GNV)

Passage

For the children of Iudah haue done euill in my sight, sayth the Lord: they haue set their abominations in the House, whereupon my Name is called, to pollute it.

Nearby Context

Jeremiah 7:28 But thou shalt say vnto them, This is a nation that heareth not the voice of the Lord their God, nor receiueth discipline: trueth is perished, and is cleane gone out of their mouth.

Jeremiah 7:29 Cut off thine heare, O Ierusalem, and cast it away, and take vp a complaint on the hie places: for the Lord hath reiected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.

Jeremiah 7:30 For the children of Iudah haue done euill in my sight, sayth the Lord: they haue set their abominations in the House, whereupon my Name is called, to pollute it.

Jeremiah 7:31 And they haue built the hie place of Topheth, which is in the valley of Ben-Hinnom to burne their sonnes and their daughters in the fire, which I commanded them not, neither came it in mine heart.

Jeremiah 7:32 Therefore beholde, the dayes come, sayeth the Lord, that it shall no more be called Topheth, nor the valley of Ben-Hinnom, but the valley of slaughter: for they shall burie in Topheth til there be no place.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "called", "children", "iudah", "haue", "done", "euill", "sight", and "sayth". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "called" and "children", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 29's "Cut off thine heare O Ierusalem and..." into verse 31's "And they haue built the hie place...", so "called" and "children" 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 "children" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.