Jeremiah 7:11
Has this house, which bears my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I myself have seen it,’ declares the LORD.
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King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the LORD.
KJV1611 – Modern English
Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, says the LORD.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the LORD.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
Is this house,{H1004} which is called{H7121} by my name,{H8034} become a den{H4631} of robbers{H6530} in your eyes?{H5869} Behold, I, even I, have seen{H7200} it, saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
Is this house{H1004}, which is called{H7121}{(H8738)} by my name{H8034}, become a den{H4631} of robbers{H6530} in your eyes{H5869}? Behold, even I have seen{H7200}{(H8804)} it, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
What? thinke you this house that beareth my name, is a denne of theues? And these thinges are not done priuely, but before myne eyes, saieth the LORDE.
Geneva Bible (1560)
Is this House become a denne of theeues, whereupon my Name is called before your eyes? Beholde, euen I see it, sayeth the Lord.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
What, thinke you this house that beareth my name, is a denne of thieues? And yet I see what you thinke, saith the Lorde.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen [it], saith the LORD.
Webster's Bible (1833)
Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I, even I, have seen it, says Yahweh.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
A den of burglars hath this house, On which My name is called, been in your eyes? Even I, lo, I have seen, an affirmation of Jehovah.
American Standard Version (1901)
Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I, even I, have seen it, saith Jehovah.
American Standard Version (1901)
Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I, even I, have seen it, saith Jehovah.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
Has this house, which is named by my name, become a hole of thieves to you? Truly I, even I, have seen it, says the Lord.
World English Bible (2000)
Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I, even I, have seen it, says Yahweh.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
Do you think this temple I have claimed as my own is to be a hideout for robbers? You had better take note! I have seen for myself what you have done! says the LORD.
Referenced Verses
- Isa 56:7 : 7 'I will bring them to my holy mountain and make them joyful in my house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on my altar, for my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations.'
- Matt 21:13 : 13 and he said to them, 'It is written, 'My house will be called a house of prayer,' but you are making it a den of thieves!'
- Mark 11:17 : 17 As he was teaching them, he said, 'Is it not written: My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations? But you have made it a den of robbers.'
- Jer 16:16-17 : 16 Behold, I am sending many fishermen, declares the LORD, and they will catch them. After that, I will send many hunters, and they will hunt them from every mountain, every hill, and out of the clefts of the rocks. 17 My eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden from My face, and their iniquity is not concealed from My eyes.
- Jer 23:24 : 24 Can anyone hide in secret places where I cannot see him? declares the LORD. Do I not fill the heavens and the earth? declares the LORD.
- Jer 29:23 : 23 For they have done outrageous things in Israel, committing adultery with their neighbors' wives and speaking lies in my name, things I did not command them to do. I am the one who knows and the one who witnesses this, declares the LORD.
- Jer 2:34 : 34 Even on your skirts is found the blood of the innocent poor. You did not find them breaking in, yet it is because of all these things.
- Luke 19:45-46 : 45 Then he entered the temple and began to drive out those who were selling and buying there. 46 He told them, 'It is written: My house will be a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of robbers!'.
- John 2:16 : 16 To those selling doves He said, 'Get these out of here! Stop turning My Father's house into a marketplace!'
- Heb 4:13 : 13 Nothing in all creation is hidden from His sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of Him to whom we must give an account.
- Rev 2:18-19 : 18 To the angel of the church in Thyatira, write: These are the words of the Son of God, whose eyes are like a blazing fire and whose feet are like polished bronze: 19 I know your deeds, your love, your faith, your service, and your perseverance, and that your latter deeds are greater than your first.
- 2 Chr 6:33 : 33 then hear from heaven, from Your dwelling place. Do according to all that the foreigner asks of You, so that all the peoples of the earth may know Your name and fear You, as Your people Israel do, and may know that this house I have built is called by Your name.
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Jer 7:12-143 verses85%
12 Now go to my place in Shiloh, where I first caused my name to dwell. See what I did to it because of the wickedness of my people Israel.
13 Now, because you have done all these things, declares the LORD, and though I spoke to you persistently, you did not listen, and though I called you, you did not answer,
14 So I will do to the house that bears my name, in which you trust, and to the place I gave to you and your ancestors, just as I did to Shiloh.
- Jer 7:9-102 verses84%
9 Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known,
10 and then come and stand before me in this house, which bears my name, and say, ‘We are safe,’ only to go on doing all these detestable things?
- 80%
30 For the people of Judah have done evil in my sight, declares the LORD. They have set up their detestable idols in the house that bears my name to defile it.
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17 As he was teaching them, he said, 'Is it not written: My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations? But you have made it a den of robbers.'
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13 and he said to them, 'It is written, 'My house will be called a house of prayer,' but you are making it a den of thieves!'
- 2 Chr 7:20-212 verses78%
20 then I will uproot you from My land that I have given you, and I will reject this temple I have consecrated for My name. I will make it a byword and an object of ridicule among all peoples.
21 This temple, which was so exalted, will be appalling to every passerby who sees it. They will say, 'Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?'
- 77%
46 He told them, 'It is written: My house will be a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of robbers!'.
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11 For both prophet and priest have become corrupt. Even in My house I have found their wickedness, declares the LORD.
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11 For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have been thoroughly unfaithful to Me, declares the Lord.
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4 'I will send it out,' declares the LORD of Hosts, 'and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of the one who swears falsely by my name. It will remain inside their house and consume it completely, including its timber and stones.'
- 2 Chr 7:15-162 verses75%
15 Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.
16 I have chosen and consecrated this house so that My name may be there forever. My eyes and My heart will always be there.
- 1 Kgs 9:7-82 verses75%
7 then I will cut off Israel from the land I have given them, and I will reject this temple I have consecrated for My name. Israel will then become a proverb and an object of ridicule among all peoples.
8 And this temple, now exalted, will become a heap of ruins. Everyone who passes by it will be appalled and will hiss, saying, 'Why has the LORD done this to this land and this temple?'
- Jer 7:3-42 verses75%
3 This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Amend your ways and your deeds, and I will let you dwell in this place.'
4 Do not trust deceitful words, saying: ‘This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.’
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11 To the house of the king of Judah: Hear the word of the LORD.
- 74%
34 They set up detestable idols in the house that bears My name and defiled it.
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17 And He said to me, 'Have you seen this, son of man? Is it a trivial thing for the house of Judah to commit the abominations they commit here? For they have filled the land with violence and continually anger Me. Behold, they are even putting the branch to their nose!
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8 'Behold, the eyes of the Lord God are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth. Yet, I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,' declares the Lord.
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9 The Lord of Hosts said in my hearing: Truly, many houses will become desolate—large and beautiful ones, without occupants.
- Hag 1:8-92 verses73%
8 Go up into the mountains, bring down timber, and build the house, so that I may be pleased with it and be glorified, says the LORD.
9 You expected much, but it turned out to be little. What you brought home, I blew it away. Why?” declares the LORD of Hosts. “Because My house remains in ruins, while each of you is busy with your own house.
- Ezek 7:21-222 verses73%
21 I will give it into the hands of foreigners as plunder and to the wicked of the earth as spoil, and they will defile it.
22 I will turn my face away from them, and they will desecrate my treasured place. Violent men will enter it and desecrate it.
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17 Do you not see what they are doing in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
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11 For the LORD has given the command: The great house will be shattered into pieces, and the small house into bits.
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7 The Lord has rejected his altar and disowned his sanctuary. He has delivered into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces. They raised their voices in the house of the LORD as on a day of appointed festival.
- 73%
7 Haven’t you seen a false vision and spoken a lying divination when you say, ‘Thus says the LORD,’ but I have not spoken?
- 73%
1 Whenever I would heal Israel, the guilt of Ephraim is exposed, along with the wickedness of Samaria. They practice falsehood; thieves break in, and bandits raid outside.
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6 then I will make this house like Shiloh, and I will make this city an object of cursing among all the nations on earth.'
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5 But if you will not listen to these words, I swear by Myself—declares the LORD—that this palace will become a ruin.
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51 We are ashamed because we have heard reproach; disgrace has covered our faces because foreigners have entered the holy places of the Lord's house.
- 72%
9 I will raise weeping and wailing for the mountains and a dirge for the pastures in the wilderness, because they are burned up and desolate; no one passes through, and cattle cannot be heard anymore—birds of the sky and animals alike have fled and are gone.
- 72%
6 And He said to me, 'Son of man, do you see what they are doing—the great abominations that the house of Israel is committing here, to drive me far from my sanctuary? But you will see even greater abominations.'
- 72%
9 He said to me, 'The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is extremely great. The land is full of bloodshed, and the city is full of injustice. They say, "The LORD has abandoned the land, and the LORD does not see."'
- 72%
2 Thus says the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel: You have seen all the disaster I brought upon Jerusalem and upon all the cities of Judah. Look, they are a ruin today, without anyone living there.
- 72%
12 Then He said to me, 'Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each in the chamber of his carved images? For they say, ‘The Lord does not see us; the Lord has abandoned the land.’'
- Mic 3:11-122 verses72%
11 Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for silver. Yet they lean on the LORD, saying, 'Is not the LORD among us? No disaster will come upon us.'
12 Therefore because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins, and the mountain of the temple will become a high place overgrown with thickets.
- 72%
27 The LORD said, 'I will also remove Judah from my presence as I removed Israel. I will reject this city, Jerusalem, which I chose, and the temple about which I said, ‘My name shall be there.’'
- 71%
9 Should I not punish them for these things? declares the Lord. Should I not take vengeance on a nation like this?
- 71%
10 The enemy has laid hands on all her treasures; she saw nations enter her sanctuary—those you had forbidden to enter your assembly.
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16 I will pronounce My judgments against them for all their evil in forsaking Me, burning incense to other gods, and worshiping the works of their own hands.
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24 I will bring the most evil of nations to take possession of their houses. I will put an end to the pride of the mighty, and their sanctuaries will be desecrated.
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6 The LORD said to me, ‘Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying: Listen to the words of this covenant and do them.’