Jeremiah 7:3

3 "This is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Correct your ways and your deeds,^[a] and I will allow you to live in this place.

Jeremiah 7:3 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 7:3

Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel
The Lord of armies above and below in general, and the God of Israel in particular; wherefore they ought to hearken to what he was about to say, and to be obedient to him: amend your ways and your doings;
or, "make them good" ^F12; which shows that they were bad, and were not agreeable to the law and will of God, to which they ought to have been conformed; and the way to amend them was to act according to the rule of the divine word they were favoured with: and I will cause you to dwell in this place;
to continue to dwell in Jerusalem, and in Judea, the land of their nativity, and in the temple, the house of God, and place of religious worship; but, if not, it is suggested that they should not continue here, but be carried captive into a strange land.

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 (Mkykrd wbyjyh) "bonas facite vias vestras", V. L. Munster, Pagninus, Montanus; "efficite" Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.

Jeremiah 7:3 In-Context

1 [This is] the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord:

2 "Stand in the gate of the house of the Lord and there call out this word: Hear the word of the Lord, all [you people] of Judah who enter through these gates to worship the Lord.

3 "This is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Correct your ways and your deeds, and I will allow you to live in this place.

4 Do not trust deceitful words, chanting: This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord.

5 Instead, if you really change your ways and your actions, if you act justly toward one another,

Footnotes

• [a] Jr 18:11; 26:13