Jeremiah 7:12

Translations

Modern

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.

Traditional

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.

Literal

But go now to My place that is in Shiloh, where I set My name there at first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of My people Israel!

Latin

Ite ad locum meum in Silo, ubi habitavit nomen meum a principio, et videte quæ fecerim ei propter malitiam populi mei Israël.

Original

Hebrew

English

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.

Notes

Jeremiah 7:12

Shiloh was a hill located between Shechem and Jerusalem. After Joshua led the conquest of Canaan, the Israelites set up the Tabernacle there (Joshua 18:1, 6–19; Judges 18:31). It served as the center of worship for the Israelite tribes until the Philistine army destroyed Shiloh around 1045 BC (see Jeremiah 26:6; Psalm 78:60).

Jeremiah 7:12–15

God allowed the Philistines to capture the Ark of the Covenant and destroy the Tabernacle at Shiloh. The people had tried to use the Ark as a magical object (1 Samuel 4:1–11). Similarly, he would allow the Babylonians to destroy the Temple.

Jeremiah 7:1–15

Jeremiah corrected the people who believed that God's Temple would ensure their safety (compare Jeremiah 26:1–6).

Theme notes and profiles

The Collapse of Culture

Events

Prophecies of Jeremiahc. 628 BC

Related verses

Jeremiah 26:6
…then I will make this house like Shiloh, and I will make this city an object of cursing among all the nations of the earth.’”
1 Samuel 4:10–11
So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and each man fled to his tent. The slaughter was very great—thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell.
Joshua 18:1
Then the whole congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the Tent of Meeting there. And though the land was subdued before them,
Psalm 78:60–64
He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent He had pitched among men.
Judges 18:31
So they set up for themselves Micah’s graven image, and it was there the whole time the house of God was in Shiloh.
1 Samuel 4:22
“The glory has departed from Israel,” she said, “for the ark of God has been captured.”
1 Samuel 1:3
Year after year Elkanah would go up from his city to worship and sacrifice to the LORD of Hosts at Shiloh, where Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests to the LORD.
1 Samuel 4:3–4
When the troops returned to the camp, the elders of Israel asked, “Why has the LORD brought defeat on us before the Philistines today? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Shiloh, so that it may go with us to save us from the hand of our enemies.”
Deuteronomy 12:11
…then the LORD your God will choose a dwelling for His Name. And there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice offerings you vow to the LORD.
Deuteronomy 12:5
Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go.

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Places

Shiloh: Israelite sanctuary and assembly point during the judges' period

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (Old Testament) Book of Jeremiah False Prophets Jeremiah (Person) Neighbor Prophets, False Samuel (Person) Temple

Topics

Backsliders: Backsliding of Israel Condescension of God: Expostulates with Backsliding Israel National Sins: National Worship Rejected on Account of Prophecies Concerning Israel: Prophecies Concerning of War and Other Judgments Shiloh: City of Ephraim, North of Beth-El: Tabernacle Located At Tabernacle: Pitched: At Shiloh

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