Jeremiah 7:9 (WEB)

Passage

Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods that you have not known,

Nearby Context

Jeremiah 7:7 then I will cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, from of old even forever more.

Jeremiah 7:8 Behold, you trust in lying words that can’t profit.

Jeremiah 7:9 Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods that you have not known,

Jeremiah 7:10 then come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, ‘We are delivered;’ that you may do all these abominations?

Jeremiah 7:11 Has this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I myself have seen it,” says Yahweh.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "Behold you trust in lying words that..." into verse 10's "then come and stand before me in...", so "steal" 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 "steal" and "murder" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.