Geremia 7:23

23 Anzi comandai loro questo, cioè: Ascoltate la mia voce, ed io vi sarò Dio, e voi mi sarete popolo; e camminate in tutte le vie che io vi comando, acciocchè bene vi avvenga.

Geremia 7:23 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 7:23

But this thing commanded I them, saying
This was the sum and substance of what was then commanded, even obedience to the moral law; this was the main and principal thing enjoined, and to which the promise was annexed: obey my voice:
the word of the Lord, his commands, the precepts of the decalogue; obedience to which was preferable to the sacrifices of the ceremonial law; see ( 1 Samuel 15:22 ) , wherefore it follows: and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people;
the meaning is, that while they were obedient to him, he would protect them from their enemies, and continue them in their privileges and blessings, which he had bestowed upon them as his peculiar people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you;
not only in some of them, but in all of them; not merely in the observance of legal sacrifices, but chiefly in the performance of moral actions; even in all the duties of religion, in whatsoever is required in the law, respecting God or man: that it may be well unto you;
that they might continue in the land which was given them for an inheritance, and enjoy all the blessings promised to their obedience.

Geremia 7:23 In-Context

21 Così ha detto il Signor degli eserciti, l’Iddio d’Israele: Aggiungete pure i vostri olocausti a’ vostri sacrificii, e mangiate della carne.

22 Perciocchè io non parlai a’ vostri padri, nè diedi lor comandamento, quando li trassi fuor del paese di Egitto, intorno ad olocausti, ed a sacrificii.

23 Anzi comandai loro questo, cioè: Ascoltate la mia voce, ed io vi sarò Dio, e voi mi sarete popolo; e camminate in tutte le vie che io vi comando, acciocchè bene vi avvenga.

24 Ma essi non hanno ascoltato, e non hanno inchinato il loro orecchio; ma son camminati secondo i consigli, e la durezza del cuor loro malvagio; e sono andati indietro, e non innanzi.

25 Dal dì che i vostri padri uscirono del paese di Egitto, infino a questo giorno, io vi ho mandati tutti i miei servitori profeti, mandandoli ogni giorno, fin dalla mattina;