King James Version
Jeremiah 7:8 in the King James Version says “Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 7 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.”
Jeremiah 7:8 · KJV
If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:
Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever.
Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.
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
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Behold ye trust”
H982properly, to hie for refuge (but not so precipitately as h2620); figuratively, to trust, be confident or sure
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“words”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
properly, a failure of, i.e., (used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not, except, without, unless, besides, because n
“that cannot profit”
H3276properly, to ascend; figuratively, to be valuable (objectively; useful, subjectively; benefited)
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