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Jeremiah 7:28 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 7 · verse 28
But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation that obeyeth not the voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.Jeremiah 7:28 · King James Version
Jeremiah 7:28 in context
26Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.
27Therefore thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they will not hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but they will not answer thee.
28But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation that obeyeth not the voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.
29Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on high places; for the LORD hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.
30For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith the LORD: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to pollute it.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- correctionmûwçârproperly, chastisementH4148 →
- receivethlâqachto takeH3947 →
- perishedʼâbadproperly, to wander awayH6 →
- obeyethshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
- nationgôwya foreign nationH1471 →
- voiceqôwla voice or soundH6963 →
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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