Jeremiah 7:10 - Exposition

And come , etc.; rather, and then ye come , etc. We are delivered to do , etc.; rather, we have escaped , in order to do , etc. To make the concluding words of the verse a part of the speech seems hardly fair to the Jews, who would certainly not proclaim that they had made their escape from the threatened judgment with the object of prosecuting abominable acts. Such a view, moreover, greatly weakens the force of the emphatic "We have escaped." "In order to do," etc; are the words of the prophet, who thus lays bare the secret intentions of these formal worshippers.