Jeremiah 7:4 (WEB)

Passage

Don’t trust in lying words, saying, ‘Yahweh’s temple, Yahweh’s temple, Yahweh’s temple, are these.’

Nearby Context

Jeremiah 7:2 “Stand in the gate of Yahweh’s house, and proclaim this word there, and say, ‘Hear Yahweh’s word, all you of Judah, who enter in at these gates to worship Yahweh.’”

Jeremiah 7:3 Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel says, “Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.

Jeremiah 7:4 Don’t trust in lying words, saying, ‘Yahweh’s temple, Yahweh’s temple, Yahweh’s temple, are these.’

Jeremiah 7:5 For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, if you thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbor;

Jeremiah 7:6 if you don’t oppress the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, and don’t shed innocent blood in this place, and don’t walk after other gods to your own hurt;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "trust", "lying", "words", "saying", "yahweh", and "temple". 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 "Yahweh of Armies the God of Israel..." into verse 5's "For if you thoroughly amend 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.