Jeremiah 7:10
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? 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?
The verse is addressed to the people of Judah, who imagined that worshiping in the temple and performing its appointed services would shield them from punishment even while they persisted in wickedness. It condemns those who commit grave sins and abominations and then come and stand before God in this house, which is called by His name, declaring that they are delivered, safe, and free to keep doing evil. That claim of safety while continuing in wrongdoing is false confidence and hypocrisy, not true deliverance from judgment.
The fact that the house is called by God's name does not make it a refuge for unrepentant evil. Sacred places, outward religious observance, worship, and religious privilege cannot excuse disobedience, including injustice, violence, idolatry, and other disobedience, nor can they prevent God's judgment. To trust such assurances of safety is to trust lies, for God sees their deeds. True security requires amending conduct through reform and obedience to God rather than substituting temple attendance for change of life.
The verse also exposes men in important positions of trust in God's work standing in His house while guilty of abominations. For them this means lack of faithfulness, forgetting the simplicity of the work, ignoring the principles God laid down, failing to maintain self-denial and self-sacrifice, and indulging selfishness. It means not relying with heart and soul on divine wisdom and power but walking after the imagination of their own hearts, choosing to work in their own way to please themselves and trusting their own judgment. Such a condition calls for humble hearts, repentance and confession, and still greater changes.
Its warning applies to leaders who ignore messages of correction, remain unmoved or proudly resist appeals, and persist in their chosen course, whom God may give over to their own perverted imaginations. It likewise applies to hypocrites who appear righteous outwardly but neglect justice, mercy, and faith, who deny that they share their ancestors' guilt yet repeat their persecution of God's messengers. Worship in the house called by God's name gives no license to continue doing wrong.