Jeremiah Chapter 7 verse 10 Holy Bible
and come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered; that ye may do all these abominations?
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And come and take your place before me in this house, which is named by my name, and say, We have been made safe; so that you may do all these disgusting things?
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then ye come and stand before me, in this house which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered, -- in order to do all these abominations!
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And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations?
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and 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?
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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.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 10. - And come, etc.; rather, and then ye come, etc. We are delivered to do, etc.; rather, we have escaped, in order to do, etc. To make the concluding words of the verse a part of the speech seems hardly fair to the Jews, who would certainly not proclaim that they had made their escape from the threatened judgment with the object of prosecuting abominable acts. Such a view, moreover, greatly weakens the force of the emphatic "We have escaped." "In order to do," etc., are the words of the prophet, who thus lays bare the secret intentions of these formal worshippers.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(10) And come and stand.--Better, and then have ye come, and stood before me.We are delivered.--Taking the word as it stands (a different punctuation adopted by some commentators and versions gives Deliver us, as though reproducing, with indignant scorn, the very prayer of the people), the sense seems to be this. The people tried to combine the worship of Baal and Jehovah, and passed from the one temple to the other. They went away from the fast or feast in the house of the Lord with the feeling that they were "saved," or "delivered." They had gone through their religious duties, and might claim their reward. The prophet seems to repeat their words in a tone of irony, They were "delivered," not from their abominations, but as if set free to do them.
