Jeremiah 7:6

7:6 Stop oppressing foreigners who live in your land, children who have lost their fathers, and women who have lost their husbands. ¹  Stop killing innocent people ²  in this land. Stop paying allegiance to ³  other gods. That will only bring about your ruin. ⁴ 

Jeremiah 7:9

7:9 You steal. ⁵  You murder. You commit adultery. You lie when you swear on oath. You sacrifice to the god Baal. You pay allegiance to ⁶  other gods whom you have not previously known.

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¹ tn Heb “Stop oppressing foreigner, orphan, and widow.”

² tn Heb “Stop shedding innocent blood.”

³ tn Heb “going/following after.” See the translator’s note at 2:5 for an explanation of the idiom involved here.

⁴ tn Heb “going after other gods to your ruin.”

⁵ tn Heb “Will you steal…then say, ‘We are safe’?” Verses 9-10 are one long sentence in the Hebrew text.

⁶ tn Heb “You go/follow after.” See the translator’s note at 2:5 for an explanation of the idiom involved here.