Discovery BoxJeremiah 7:11-14 
Context7:11 Do you think this temple I have claimed as my own 1 is to be a hideout for robbers? 2 You had better take note! 3 I have seen for myself what you have done! says the Lord. 7:12 So, go to the place in Shiloh where I allowed myself to be worshiped 4 in the early days. See what I did to it 5 because of the wicked things my people Israel did. 7:13 You also have done all these things, says the Lord, and I have spoken to you over and over again. 6 But you have not listened! You have refused to respond when I called you to repent! 7 7:14 So I will destroy this temple which I have claimed as my own, 8 this temple that you are trusting to protect you. I will destroy this place that I gave to you and your ancestors, 9 just like I destroyed Shiloh. 10
1 tn Heb “over which my name is called.” For this nuance of this idiom cf. BDB 896 s.v. קָרָא Niph.2.d(4) and see the usage in 2 Sam 12:28.
2 tn Heb “Is this house…a den/cave of robbers in your eyes?”
3 tn Heb “Behold!”
4 tn Heb “where I caused my name to dwell.” The translation does not adequately represent the theology of the
5 sn The place in Shiloh…see what I did to it. This refers to the destruction of Shiloh by the Philistines circa 1050
6 tn This reflects a Hebrew idiom (e.g., 7:25; 11:7; 25:3, 4), i.e., an infinitive of a verb meaning “to do something early [or eagerly]” followed by an infinitive of another verb of action. Cf. HALOT 1384 s.v. שָׁכַם Hiph.2.
7 tn Heb “I called to you and you did not answer.” The words “to repent” are not in the text but are supplied in the translation for clarity.
8 tn Heb “over which my name is called.” For this nuance of this idiom cf. BDB 896 s.v. קָרָא Niph.2.d(4) and see the usage in 2 Sam 12:28.
9 tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 22, 25, 26).
10 tn Heb “I will do to this house which I…in which you put…and to this place which…as I did to Shiloh.”
