Jeremiah 7:4

“Trust ye not in lying words, etc.] In the words of the lying prophets, as the Targum; and to the same purpose is the Arabic version, “do not trust in lying words, for the false prophets do not profit you in anything;” the things in which they trusted, and in which the false prophets taught them to place their confidence, were their coming up to the temple at certain times for religious exercises, and their attendance on temple service and worship, offering of sacrifices, and the like. The Septuagint version is, “trust not in yourselves, in lying words”; (see <421809>Luke 18:9), in their external actions of devotion, in their ritual performances, taking them for righteousness; and adds, what…”

“The Jews falsely thought that because their temple had been chosen by Jehovah as His peculiar dwelling, it could never be destroyed. Men think that ceremonial observances will supersede the need of holiness (Isa 48:2; Mic 3:11). The triple repetition of "the temple of Jehovah" expresses the intense confidence of the Jews (see Jer 22:29; Isa 6:3). these--the temple buildings which the prophet points to with his finger (Jer 7:2).”

“The temple of the Lord - Thrice repeated, to emphasize the rejection of the cry ever upon the lips of the false prophets. In their view the maintenance of the temple-service was a charm sufficient to avert all evil. These - The buildings of the temple, to which Jeremiah is supposed to point. The Jews put their trust in the material buildings. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Saying - Because this was God's house, they flattered themselves that he would not suffer the Chaldeans to destroy it, therefore the prophet cautions them not to deceive themselves, trusting to the temple and its buildings, as the two courts and house, and holy of holies implied in the word these, which he doth as it were point to with his finger. The emphasis, in this threefold repetition, seems to relate to the confident, and reiterated boasts of the temple, that were in their mouths. These - The prophet standing in the gate at which the people entered, as it were, points at the several buildings pertaining to the temple. Jeremiah 7:6”

“Trust: Jer 7:8, Jer 6:14, Jer 28:15, Jer 29:23, Jer 29:31; Eze 13:19; Mat 3:9, Mat 3:10 The temple: Jer 7:9-12; Sa1 4:3, Sa1 4:4; Mic 3:11; Zep 3:11; Luk 3:8 Jeremiah 7:5”