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Jeremiah 7:1 (show verse)
The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
No Themes for this verse.
Jeremiah 7:2 (show verse)
Stand in the gate of the LORD's house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of the LORD, all you of Judah, that enter in at these gates to worship the LORD.
Jeremiah 7:3 (show verse)
Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.
Jeremiah 7:4 (show verse)
Trust you not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these.
Jeremiah 7:5 (show verse)
For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; if you thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbor;
Jeremiah 7:6 (show verse)
If you oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:
Jeremiah 7:7 (show verse)
Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, forever and ever.
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Jeremiah 7:8 (show verse)
Behold, you trust in lying words, that cannot profit.
Jeremiah 7:9 (show verse)
Will you steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom you know not;
Baal » An idol of the phoenicians, God of the sun » Jeremiah expostulates against the worship of
Oaths » The jews » Often guilty of falsely taking
national Sins » National worship rejected on account of
Swearing falsely » The wicked » Plead excuses for
Theft » Connected with murder
Theft » The wicked » Plead excuses for
Theft » Is an abomination
Oaths » The jews » Often guilty of falsely taking
national Sins » National worship rejected on account of
Swearing falsely » The wicked » Plead excuses for
Theft » Connected with murder
Theft » The wicked » Plead excuses for
Theft » Is an abomination
Jeremiah 7:10 (show verse)
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?
Jeremiah 7:11 (show verse)
Has this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, says the LORD.
Jeremiah 7:12 (show verse)
But go you now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.
Jeremiah 7:13 (show verse)
And now, because you have done all these works, says the LORD, and I spoke unto you, rising up early and speaking, but you heard not; and I called you, but you answered not;
Jeremiah 7:14 (show verse)
Therefore will I do unto this house, which is called by my name, in which you trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.
Jeremiah 7:15 (show verse)
And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your brethren, even the whole descendants of Ephraim.
Ephraim » A tribe of israel » Envied by other tribes
Israel » A type of the apostate church when disobedient » Threatened with reprobation
Israel » Kings of judah » Reprobation of
Intercessory prayer » Unavailing for the obstinately-impenitent
Reprobation » Israel-the jews, threatened with reprobation
Wicked people » Warned
Israel » A type of the apostate church when disobedient » Threatened with reprobation
Israel » Kings of judah » Reprobation of
Intercessory prayer » Unavailing for the obstinately-impenitent
Reprobation » Israel-the jews, threatened with reprobation
Wicked people » Warned
Jeremiah 7:16 (show verse)
Therefore pray not for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear you.
Jeremiah 7:17 (show verse)
See you not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
Jeremiah 7:18 (show verse)
The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.
Ashtoreth » An idol of the philistines, zidonians, and phenicians. Probably identical with queen of heaven
Bread » How prepared » Kneaded
Bread » Was kneaded
Bread » Made by women
Bread » By idolaters
Dough » Kneaded
Drink offering » Idolatrous jews » Offered to the queen of heaven
Family » Religion of the
Idolatry » Objects of » Sun, moon, and stars
Idolatry » Other customs of » Libations
Idolatry » Other customs of » Meat offerings
Missionaries » The zeal of idolaters should provoke to
Moon » Worshiped
Moon » Worshipped as the queen of heaven
Queen » The moon was called "the queen of heaven,"
Woman » Frequently » Zealous in promoting superstition and idolatry
Women » Zealous » Promotion » Superstition » Idolatry
Bread » How prepared » Kneaded
Bread » Was kneaded
Bread » Made by women
Bread » By idolaters
Dough » Kneaded
Drink offering » Idolatrous jews » Offered to the queen of heaven
Family » Religion of the
Idolatry » Objects of » Sun, moon, and stars
Idolatry » Other customs of » Libations
Idolatry » Other customs of » Meat offerings
Missionaries » The zeal of idolaters should provoke to
Moon » Worshiped
Moon » Worshipped as the queen of heaven
Queen » The moon was called "the queen of heaven,"
Woman » Frequently » Zealous in promoting superstition and idolatry
Women » Zealous » Promotion » Superstition » Idolatry
Jeremiah 7:19 (show verse)
Do they provoke me to anger? says the LORD: do they not provoke themselves to the shame of their own faces?
Jeremiah 7:20 (show verse)
Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, my anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.
Jeremiah 7:21 (show verse)
Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Add your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat the flesh.
Jeremiah 7:22 (show verse)
For I spoke not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:
Jeremiah 7:23 (show verse)
But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be my people: and walk you in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.
the Burnt offering » Obedience better than
Godliness » Profitable, general references to
Obedience » To God, the duty of » Better than sacrifice
Obedience to God » Promises to
Obedience to God » Includes » Obeying his voice
Offerings » Useless when not accompanied by genuine piety
Profit and loss » Profit » Godliness profitable general references to
Walking » With God » According to his commands
Wicked people » Warned
Godliness » Profitable, general references to
Obedience » To God, the duty of » Better than sacrifice
Obedience to God » Promises to
Obedience to God » Includes » Obeying his voice
Offerings » Useless when not accompanied by genuine piety
Profit and loss » Profit » Godliness profitable general references to
Walking » With God » According to his commands
Wicked people » Warned
Jeremiah 7:24 (show verse)
But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil hearts, and went backward, and not forward.
ears » Of the wicked » Not inclined to hear God
Pathway of sin » Walking in
Self-will » Exhibited in » Walking in the counsels of an evil heart
Self-will » Proceeds from » An evil heart
Self-will » Exhibited in » Going backward and not forward
Self-will and stubbornness » Exhibited in » Walking in the counsels of an evil heart
Self-will and stubbornness » Exhibited in » Going backward and not forward
Self-will and stubbornness » Proceed from » An evil heart
Sinful » The whole imitation of worldly people and customs condemned » Walk
Walk » Characteristics of » Sinful
Wicked people » Warned
Pathway of sin » Walking in
Self-will » Exhibited in » Walking in the counsels of an evil heart
Self-will » Proceeds from » An evil heart
Self-will » Exhibited in » Going backward and not forward
Self-will and stubbornness » Exhibited in » Walking in the counsels of an evil heart
Self-will and stubbornness » Exhibited in » Going backward and not forward
Self-will and stubbornness » Proceed from » An evil heart
Sinful » The whole imitation of worldly people and customs condemned » Walk
Walk » Characteristics of » Sinful
Wicked people » Warned
Jeremiah 7:25 (show verse)
Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day I have even sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them:
Jeremiah 7:26 (show verse)
Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.
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Jeremiah 7:27 (show verse)
Therefore you shall speak all these words unto them; but they will not hearken to you: you shall also call unto them; but they will not answer you.
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Jeremiah 7:28 (show verse)
But you shall say unto them, This is a nation that obeys not the voice of the LORD their God, nor receives correction: truth has perished, and is cut off from their mouth.
Jeremiah 7:29 (show verse)
Cut off your hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on high places; for the LORD has rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.
Jeremiah 7:30 (show verse)
For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, says the LORD: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to pollute it.
Jeremiah 7:31 (show verse)
And they have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.
the Burnt offering » Of human victims execrated
High places » Condemned
High places » Signify a place of idolatrous worship
High places » Mentioned in scripture » Tophet
Hinnom » Children offered in sacrifice in
Molech » Children sacrificed to
Offerings » Human sacrifices » israelites
Places » High » Condemned
Tophet » Jewish children passed through the fire to the God molech in
High places » Condemned
High places » Signify a place of idolatrous worship
High places » Mentioned in scripture » Tophet
Hinnom » Children offered in sacrifice in
Molech » Children sacrificed to
Offerings » Human sacrifices » israelites
Places » High » Condemned
Tophet » Jewish children passed through the fire to the God molech in
Jeremiah 7:32 (show verse)
Therefore, behold, the days come, says the LORD, that it shall no more be called Topheth, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of slaughter: for they shall bury in Topheth, till there is no room.
Jeremiah 7:33 (show verse)
And the dead bodies of this people shall be food for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall frighten them away.
Jeremiah 7:34 (show verse)
Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be desolate.
Israel » Under the special protection of jehovah humbled » Joy of, departed
Israel » A type of the apostate church when disobedient » Lost the joy of divine favour
Jerusalem » Of the destruction of
Joy » Christ's joy » Israel lost the joy of divine favour
Marriage » The jews » Often punished by being debarred from
Israel » A type of the apostate church when disobedient » Lost the joy of divine favour
Jerusalem » Of the destruction of
Joy » Christ's joy » Israel lost the joy of divine favour
Marriage » The jews » Often punished by being debarred from