What does Jeremiah 7:10 mean?

Jeremiah 7:10 highlights themes such as hypocrisy, worship, abomination when read in context.

How should I apply Jeremiah 7:10 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

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?

8Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.

9Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;

10And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations?

11Is 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.

12But 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.

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Matthew 15:8-9
Jesus quotes Isaiah, highlighting the disconnect between worship and true devotion.
Isaiah 1:13
Both verses address the futility of empty rituals in worship.
James 1:26
This verse emphasizes the importance of genuine faith over mere outward expressions.