Bible Strands
Jeremiah 7:12
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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God speaks through Jeremiah to Judah’s leaders and people, commanding them to visit Shiloh before pronouncing judgment on Jerusalem. He addresses them at a moment when they falsely believe the temple guarantees their security.
The words — The imperative לְכוּ (le.khu) "go" paired with נָא (na) "please" directs attention to מְקוֹמִי (me.komi) "my place" in Shiloh. The text uses these terms to frame a deliberate journey toward a former sanctuary site.
The thread — The narrative traces back to Israel's assembly at Shiloh for the Tent of Meeting (Joshua 18:1) and the subsequent military defeat there (1 Samuel 4:10). Jeremiah explicitly warns that Jerusalem will face the same fate (Jeremiah 26:6).
Why it lands — The text demands a direct observation of God's past judgment on a former sanctuary to validate the coming destruction of the current one. It requires the reader to acknowledge that covenant privilege does not shield a people from divine consequence when they persist in wickedness.
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The Hebrew words
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.
Cross-references
- 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,
- 1 Samuel 4:10 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.
- 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.’”
- 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.
- Psalms 78:60 He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent He had pitched among men.
- 1 Samuel 4:22 “The glory has departed from Israel,” she said, “for the ark of God has been captured.”
- 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.
- 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 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 12:5 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.