Jeremiah 7:8 “But look, you keep trusting in deceptive words to no avail.”

Jeremiah 7:8

But look, you keep trusting in deceptive words to no avail.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.

World English Bible

Behold, you trust in lying words that can’t profit.

American Standard Version

Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.

Geneva Bible 1599

Beholde, you trust in lying woordes, that can not profite.

Darby Translation

Behold, ye confide in words of falsehood that cannot profit.

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

See, you put your faith in false words which are of no profit.

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Cross references

“ye trust”

Isaiah 28:15 Jeremiah 7:4 Jeremiah 4:10 Jeremiah 5:31 Jeremiah 8:10 Jeremiah 23:14–16

Isaiah 28:15 · BSB

For you said, “We have made a covenant with death; we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol. When the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not touch us, because we have made lies our refuge and falsehood our hidi…

Jeremiah 7:4 · BSB

Do not trust in deceptive words, saying: ‘This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.’

Jeremiah 4:10 · BSB

Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, how completely You have deceived this people and Jerusalem by saying, ‘You will have peace,’ while a sword is at our throats.”

Jeremiah 5:31 · BSB

The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?

Jeremiah 8:10 · BSB

Therefore I will give their wives to other men and their fields to new owners. For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.

Jeremiah 23:14–16 · BSB

And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness. They are all like Sodom to Me;…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

7then I will let you live in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever.

9Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known,

Read Jeremiah 7