¹⁰And then you come and you stand beforeⁱ me in this house, which is called by my name,^j and you say, ‘we are safe to go on doing^k all of these detestable things.’ ¹¹Has this house, which is called by my name,^l become a cave of robbers in your eyes? Look, I, even I, have seen it,” ^m declaresⁿ Yahweh.

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Footnotes

iLiterally “to the face of”
jLiterally “my name over it”
kLiterally “for the sake of the doing of”
lLiterally “my name over it”
mHere the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
nLiterally “a declaration of”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

and then come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, ‘We are delivered!’—only to go on doing all these abominations? Has this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I myself have seen it, declares the Lord.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

and then come and stand before me in this house, which bears my Name, and say, “We are safe”—safe to do all these detestable things? Has this house, which bears my Name, become a den of robbers to you? But I have been watching! declares the Lord.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Then do you come and stand before me in this house that bears my name and say, “We are rescued, so we can continue doing all these detestable acts”? Has this house, which bears my name, become a den of robbers in your view? Yes, I too have seen it.

This is the Lord’s declaration.

NLTNew Living Translation

and then come here and stand before me in my Temple and chant, “We are safe!”—only to go right back to all those evils again? Don’t you yourselves admit that this Temple, which bears my name, has become a den of thieves? Surely I see all the evil going on there. I, the Lord, have spoken!

KJV 1900King James Version

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? Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the Lord.

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