King James Version
Jeremiah 7:11 in the King James Version says “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 ...” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 7 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
Jeremiah 7:11 · KJV
Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;
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? which: Heb. whereupon my name is called
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.
But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.
And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the LORD, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not;
KJV Study — Public Domain
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“Is this house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“which is called”
H7121to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
“by my name”
H8034an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“in your eyes”
H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
“Behold even I have seen”
H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
“the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
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