Jeremiah 7:9 → Exodus 20:14

Exodus 20:14 prohibits adultery (לֹא תִנְאָף, lo tin'af), and Jeremiah 7:9 includes this commandment in his catalogue of Decalogue violations: "Will you steal and murder, commit adultery (נָאֹף, na'of) and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known…?" Jeremiah's temple sermon lists the specific commandments being violated to expose the absurdity of seeking refuge in the temple while breaking the covenant that gives the temple its meaning. The prophet's use of the Decalogue's own vocabulary turns the law given at Sinai into evidence for the prosecution, demonstrating that temple attendance without covenant obedience is self-deceiving presumption.