Jeremiah 7:4 meaning and explanation

Do not trust in deceptive words, chanting: ‘This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.’

Jeremiah 7:4, Berean Standard Bible

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Jeremiah is speaking at the temple gate in Jerusalem, sometime after 609 BC, to people arriving for worship. They were repeating a threefold chant about the temple as if the building's presence guaranteed safety no matter how they lived.

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