Jeremiah 7:8 (YLT)

Passage

Lo, ye are trusting for yourselves On the words of falsehood, so as not to profit.

Nearby Context

Jeremiah 7:6 Sojourner, fatherless, and widow, ye oppress not, And innocent blood do not shed in this place, And after other gods do not walk, for evil to yourselves,

Jeremiah 7:7 Then I have caused you to dwell in this place, In the land that I gave to your fathers, From age even unto age.

Jeremiah 7:8 Lo, ye are trusting for yourselves On the words of falsehood, so as not to profit.

Jeremiah 7:9 Stealing, murdering, and committing adultery, And swearing to falsehood, and giving perfume to Baal, And going after other gods whom ye knew not.

Jeremiah 7:10 And ye have come in and stood before Me, In this house on which My name is called, And have said, `We have been delivered,' In order to do all these abominations.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "trusting", "yourselves", "words", "falsehood", and "profit". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "trusting" and "yourselves", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "Then I have caused you to dwell..." into verse 9's "Stealing murdering and committing adultery And swearing...", so "trusting" and "yourselves" 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 "trusting" and "yourselves" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.