KJV King James Version
But 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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Jeremiah 7:12
But 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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But go now to the place in Shiloh where I first made a dwelling for My Name, and see what I did to it because of the wickedness of My people Israel.
WEB World English Bible
But go now to my place which was in Shiloh, where I caused my name to dwell at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.
ASV American Standard Version
But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I caused my name to dwell at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
But go ye, I pray you, Unto My place that is in Shiloh, Where I caused My name to dwell at first, And see that which I have done to it, For the wickedness of My people Israel.
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 7
9 Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;
10 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?
11 Is 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.
12 But 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.
13 And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the LORD, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not;
14 Therefore will I do unto [this] house, which is called by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.
15 And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your brethren, [even] the whole seed of Ephraim.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
כִּ֣יH3588 · kiforלְכוּ־H1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentנָ֗אH4994 · napleaseאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)מְקוֹמִי֙H4725 · ma.qomplaceאֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichבְּשִׁיל֔וֹH7887 · shi.lohShilohאֲשֶׁ֨רH834 · a.sherwhichשִׁכַּ֧נְתִּֽיH7931 · sha.khanto dwellשְׁמִ֛יH8034 · shemnameשָׁ֖םH8033 · shamthereבָּרִֽאשׁוֹנָ֑הH7223 · ri.shonfirstוּרְאוּ֙H7200 · ra.ahto see: seeאֵ֣תH853 · et[Obj.]אֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhichעָשִׂ֣יתִיH6213 · a.sahto make: doל֔וֹH9033 · ohimמִפְּנֵ֕יH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeרָעַ֖תH7451 · rabad: harmfulעַמִּ֥יH5971 · ampeopleיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃H3478 · yis.ra.elIsrael
Cross-references
1 Samuel 4:10-11And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.Jeremiah 26:6Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.Joshua 18:1And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them.Psalm 78:60-64So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent [which] he placed among men;Judges 18:31And they set them up Micah’s graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.1 Samuel 4:22And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God is taken.1 Samuel 1:3And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, [were] there.1 Samuel 4:3-4And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies.Deuteronomy 12:11Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD:Deuteronomy 12:5But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, [even] unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:
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