Discovery BoxJeremiah 7:8-9 
Context7:8 “‘But just look at you! 1 You are putting your confidence in a false belief 2 that will not deliver you. 3 7:9 You steal. 4 You murder. You commit adultery. You lie when you swear on oath. You sacrifice to the god Baal. You pay allegiance to 5 other gods whom you have not previously known.
1 tn Heb “Behold!”
2 tn Heb “You are trusting in lying words.” See the similar phrase in v. 4 and the note there.
3 tn Heb “not profit [you].”
4 tn Heb “Will you steal…then say, ‘We are safe’?” Verses 9-10 are one long sentence in the Hebrew text.
5 tn Heb “You go/follow after.” See the translator’s note at 2:5 for an explanation of the idiom involved here.
