Jeremiah 7:13 (LSB)

Passage

And now, because you have done all these works,” declares Yahweh, “and I spoke to you, rising up early and speaking, but you did not hear, and I called you but you did not answer,

Nearby Context

Jeremiah 7:11 Has this house, which is called by My name, become a robbers’ den in your sight? Behold, I, even I, have seen it,” declares Yahweh.

Jeremiah 7:12 “But go now to My place which was in Shiloh, where I made My name dwell at the first, and see what I did to it because of the evil of My people Israel.

Jeremiah 7:13 And now, because you have done all these works,” declares Yahweh, “and I spoke to you, rising up early and speaking, but you did not hear, and I called you but you did not answer,

Jeremiah 7:14 therefore, I will do to the house which is called by My name, in which you trust, and to the place which I gave you and your fathers, as I did to Shiloh.

Jeremiah 7:15 I will cast you out of My presence, as I have cast out all your brothers, all the seed of Ephraim.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "called", "done", "works", "declares", "yahweh", "spoke", "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 "But go now to My place which..." into verse 14's "therefore I will do to the house...", 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.