Jeremiah 7:7

7 then I will let you dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your ancestors {forever and ever}.

Jeremiah 7:7 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 7:7

Then will I cause you to dwell in this place
In the land of Judea, and not suffer them to be carried captive, which they had been threatened with, and had reason to expect, should they continue in their sins, in their impenitence and vain confidence: in the land that I gave to your fathers;
to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, by promise; and to the Jewish fathers in the times of Joshua, by putting them in actual possession of it: for ever and ever:
for a great while; a long time, as Kimchi explains it; from the days of Abraham for ever, even all the days of the world, provided they and their children walked in the ways of the Lord. This clause may either be connected with the word "dwell", or with the word give; and the sense is, either that they should dwell in it for ever and ever; or it was given to their fathers for ever and ever.

Jeremiah 7:7 In-Context

5 For if you truly make your ways and your deeds good, if you truly do justice between a man and his neighbor,

6 you do not oppress [the] alien, [the] orphan, and [the] widow, you do not shed innocent blood in this place, and you do not go after other gods {to your harm},

7 then I will let you dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your ancestors {forever and ever}.

8 Look, you [are] relying for yourselves on {deceitful words} without benefiting.

9 Will you steal? Will you murder? And will you commit adultery? And will you swear {falsely}? And will you make a smoke offering to the Baal? And will you go after other gods whom you have not known?

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "fathers"
• [b]. Literally "from eternity and until eternity"