Jeremiah 7:9 → Exodus 20:15

Exodus 20:15 prohibits theft (לֹא תִגְנֹב, lo tignov), and Jeremiah 7:9 catalogues this violation alongside murder, adultery, and false swearing: "Will you steal (הֲגָנֹב, haganov) and murder, commit adultery and perjury…?" Jeremiah deliberately echoes the Decalogue's verbal form (ג-נ-ב, g-n-b) in his indictment, prosecuting the temple worshipers with the very commands they claim to honor. The prophet's rhetorical question format transforms the eighth commandment from divine instruction into evidence of covenant breach, revealing the gulf between Israel's worship and their conduct.