Charles Ellicott Commentary


Charles Ellicott Commentary
"Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods that ye have not known," — Jeremiah 7:9 (ASV)
Will ye steal. —The English obscures the emphasis of the Hebrew idiom which gives the verbs as a series of infinitives, What! to steal, to murder, to burn incense to Baal ... and then have you come before me ...!