Thy vain thoughts. The phrase specially belongs to sins against one's neighbor—such sins as are described in Jeremiah 7:5-9 (Keil). "Vain" should rather be "wicked" (immoral); the root-meaning of the noun is "a breath" (the symbol of material or moral emptiness).
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Jeremiah 4:14
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