Jeremiah 7:4 (LSB)

Passage

Do not trust in lying words, saying, ‘This is the temple of Yahweh, the temple of Yahweh, the temple of Yahweh.’

Nearby Context

Jeremiah 7:2 “Stand in the gate of the house of Yahweh, and you shall call out there this word, and you shall say, ‘Hear the word of Yahweh, all you of Judah, who enter by these gates to worship Yahweh!’”

Jeremiah 7:3 Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, “Make your ways and your deeds good, and I will let you dwell in this place.

Jeremiah 7:4 Do not trust in lying words, saying, ‘This is the temple of Yahweh, the temple of Yahweh, the temple of Yahweh.’

Jeremiah 7:5 For if you truly make your ways and your deeds good, if you truly do justice between a man and his neighbor,

Jeremiah 7:6 if you do not oppress the sojourner, the orphan, or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, nor walk after other gods to your own evil demise,

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 3's "Thus says Yahweh of hosts the God..." into verse 5's "For if you truly make your ways...", so "trust" and "lying" 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 "trust" and "lying" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.