Jeremiah 7:8 (GNV)

Passage

Beholde, you trust in lying woordes, that can not profite.

Nearby Context

Jeremiah 7:6 And oppresse not the stranger, the fatherlesse and the widow and shed no innocent blood in this place, neither walke after other gods to your destruction,

Jeremiah 7:7 Then will I let you dwell in this place in the lande that I gaue vnto your fathers, for euer and euer.

Jeremiah 7:8 Beholde, you trust in lying woordes, that can not profite.

Jeremiah 7:9 Will you steale, murder, and commit adulterie, and sweare falsely and burne incense vnto Baal, and walke after other gods whome yee knowe not?

Jeremiah 7:10 And come and stande before mee in this House, whereupon my Name is called, and saye, We are deliuered, though we haue done all these abominations?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "beholde", "trust", "lying", "woordes", and "profite". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "beholde" and "trust", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "Then will I let you dwell in..." into verse 9's "Will you steale murder and commit adulterie...", so "beholde" and "trust" 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 "beholde" and "trust" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.