Jeremiah 7:28

28 You will say to them, 'This is the nation that did not obey the LORD their God. They did not accept discipline. Truth has disappeared and vanished from their lips.'

Jeremiah 7:28 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 7:28

But thou shalt say unto them
Having found by experience, after long speaking and calling to them, that they are a disobedient and incorrigible people: this is a nation that obeyeth not the voice of the Lord their God;
who, though the Lord is their God, and has chosen and avouched them to be his special people, whom he has distinguished by special favours; yet what he says by his prophets they pay no regard unto, and are no better than the Gentiles, which know not God: nor receiveth correction;
or "instruction" ^F25; so as to be reclaimed, and made the better; neither by the word, nor by the rod; neither had any effect upon them: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth;
neither faith nor faithfulness is in them; nothing but lying, hypocrisy, and insincerity.

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FOOTNOTES:

F25 (rowm wxql alw) "neque acceperunt disciplinam", Schmidt.

Jeremiah 7:28 In-Context

26 But you didn't obey me or pay attention to me. You became impossible to deal with, and you were worse than your ancestors.

27 "Jeremiah, you will say all these things to them, but they will not obey you. You will call to them, but they will not respond to you.

28 You will say to them, 'This is the nation that did not obey the LORD their God. They did not accept discipline. Truth has disappeared and vanished from their lips.'

29 "Cut off your hair and throw it away. Sing a song of mourning on the bare hills, because in his anger the LORD has rejected and abandoned the people of this generation.

30 The people of Judah have done what I consider evil," declares the LORD. "They set up their detestable idols in the house that is called by my name. They have made it unclean.