Jer 7:8-11 | JFB | STEP | 8. that cannot profit-- Maurer translates, "so that you profit nothing" (see ; ).

‏ Jeremiah 7:8-11

8. that cannot profit--Maurer translates, "so that you profit nothing" (see Jr 7:4; Jr 5:31).

9-10. "Will ye steal ... and then come and stand before Me?"

whom ye know not--Ye have no grounds of "knowing" that they are gods; but I have manifested My Godhead by My law, by benefits conferred, and by miracles. This aggravates their crime [Calvin] (Jud 5:8).

11. den of robbers--Do you regard My temple as being what robbers make their den, namely, an asylum wherein ye may obtain impunity for your abominations (Jr 7:10)?

seen it--namely, that ye treat My house as if it were a den of thieves. Jehovah implies more than is expressed, "I have seen and will punish it" (Is 56:7; Mt 21:13).