Jeremiah 7:9 (GNV)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

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?

Jeremiah 7:11 Is this House become a denne of theeues, whereupon my Name is called before your eyes? Beholde, euen I see it, sayeth the Lord.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "steale", "murder", "commit", "adulterie", "sweare", "falsely", "burne", and "incense". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "steale" and "murder", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "Beholde you trust in lying woordes that..." into verse 10's "And come and stande before mee in...", so "steale" and "murder" 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 "steale" and "murder" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.