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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 7:8 - Strong Concordance

Verse         Translation Text
Jer 7:8 Strong Concordance Behold, ye trust [0982] in lying [08267] words [01697], that cannot profit [03276].
  King James Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
that cannot profit--MAURER translates, "so that you profit nothing" (see Jer 7:4; Jer 5:31).
 
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31 The prophets [05030] prophesy [05012] falsely [08267], and the priests [03548] bear rule [07287] by their means [03027]; and my people [05971] love [0157] to have it so: and what will ye do [06213] in the end [0319] thereof?
4 Trust [0982] ye not in lying [08267] words [01697], saying [0559], The temple [01964] of the LORD [03068], The temple [01964] of the LORD [03068], The temple [01964] of the LORD [03068], are these.
12 Kiss [05401] the Son [01248], lest he be angry [0599], and ye perish [06] from the way [01870], when his wrath [0639] is kindled [01197] but a little [04592]. Blessed [0835] are all they that put their trust [02620] in him.