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Jeremiah 7:23 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 7 · verse 23
But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.Jeremiah 7:23 · King James Version
Jeremiah 7:23 in context
21Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh.
22For I spake 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:
23But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.
24But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.
25Since 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:
Commentary
Cross references
- Exodus 15:26
- Deuteronomy 5:33
- Exodus 19:5-6
- Jeremiah 42:6
- Hebrews 5:9
- Deuteronomy 6:3
- Deuteronomy 30:20
- Deuteronomy 13:4
Key words (Strong's)
- commandedtsâvâhto constitute, enjoinH6680 →
- sayingʼâmarto sayH559 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- voiceqôwla voice or soundH6963 →
- Obeyshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
- walkhâlakto walkH1980 →
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God, having shown the people that the temple would not protect them while they polluted it with their wickedness, here shows them that their sacrifices would not atone for them, nor be accepted, while they went on in disobedience. See with what contempt he here speaks of their ceremonial service (Jer 7:21).
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 21-28