Verse 4

Jeremiah 7:4

Literal Standard Version

4 Do not trust for yourselves || To the words of falsehood, saying, || The temple of YHWH! The temple of YHWH! These are the temple of YHWH!
Original Language Text
hebrew
אַל תִּבְטְח֣וּ לָ/כֶ֔ם אֶל דִּבְרֵ֥י הַ/שֶּׁ֖קֶר לֵ/אמֹ֑ר הֵיכַ֤ל יְהוָה֙ הֵיכַ֣ל יְהוָ֔ה הֵיכַ֥ל יְהוָ֖ה הֵֽמָּה
English Translation
Do not trust in the words of falsehood, saying, "The temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, these are."
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 7 Context
1 The word that has been to Jeremiah from YHWH, saying, Focus ↗
2 “Stand in the gate of the house of YHWH, and you have proclaimed this word there, and have said, Hea... Focus ↗
3 Thus said YHWH of Hosts, God (Elohim) of Israel: “Amend your ways, and your doings, || And I cause y... Focus ↗
4 Do not trust for yourselves || To the words of falsehood, saying, || The temple of YHWH! The temple...
5 For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, || If you thoroughly do judgment || Between a... Focus ↗
6 You do not oppress sojourner, fatherless, and widow, || And innocent blood is not shed in this place... Focus ↗
7 Then I have caused you to dwell in this place, || In the land that I gave to your fathers, || From a... Focus ↗
8 Behold, you are trusting for yourselves || On the words of falsehood, so as not to profit. Focus ↗
9 Stealing, murdering, and committing adultery, || And swearing to falsehood, and giving incense to Ba... Focus ↗
10 And you have come in and stood before Me, || In this house on which My Name is called, || And have s... Focus ↗
11 Has this house, || On which My Name is called, || Been a den of burglars in your eyes? Even I, behol... Focus ↗
12 “But go now to My place that is in Shiloh, || Where I caused My Name to dwell at first, || And see t... Focus ↗
13 And now, because of your doing all these works,” || A declaration of YHWH, || “And I speak to you, r... Focus ↗
14 I also have done to the house on which My Name is called, || In which you are trusting, || And to th... Focus ↗
15 And I have cast you from before My face, || As I have cast out all your brothers, || The whole seed... Focus ↗
16 And you do not pray for this people, || Nor lift up crying and prayer for them, || Nor intercede wit... Focus ↗
17 Are you not seeing what they are doing || In cities of Judah, and in streets of Jerusalem? Focus ↗
18 The sons are gathering wood, || And the fathers are causing the fire to burn, || And the women are k... Focus ↗
19 Are they provoking Me to anger?” A declaration of YHWH, “Is it not themselves, || For the shame of t... Focus ↗
20 Therefore, thus said Lord YHWH: “Behold, My anger and My fury is poured out on this place, || On man... Focus ↗
21 Thus said YHWH of Hosts, God (Elohim) of Israel: “Add your burnt-offerings to your sacrifices and ea... Focus ↗
22 For I did not speak with your fathers, || Nor did I command them in the day of My bringing them out... Focus ↗
23 But this thing I commanded them, saying, || Listen to My voice, || And I have been to you for God (E... Focus ↗
24 And they have not listened, nor inclined their ear, || And they walk in the counsels, || And in the... Focus ↗
25 Even from the day when your fathers || Went out of the land of Egypt until this day, || I send all M... Focus ↗
26 And they have not listened to Me, || Nor inclined their ear—and they harden their neck, || They have... Focus ↗
27 And you have spoken all these words to them, || And they do not listen to you, || And you have calle... Focus ↗
28 And you have said to them: This is the nation that has not listened, || To the voice of its God (Elo... Focus ↗
29 Cut off your crown, and cast it away, || And lift up lamentation on high places, || For YHWH has rej... Focus ↗
30 For the sons of Judah || Have done evil in My eyes,” || A declaration of YHWH, || “They have set the... Focus ↗
31 And have built the high places of Tophet, || That are in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, || To burn... Focus ↗
32 Therefore, behold, days are coming,” || A declaration of YHWH, || “And it is no longer said, The Top... Focus ↗
33 And the carcass of this people has been for food || To a bird of the heavens, and to a beast of the... Focus ↗
34 And I have caused to cease from cities of Judah, || And from streets of Jerusalem, || The voice of j... Focus ↗