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[This is] the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord:
Jeremiah 7:1 Meaning and Commentary
Jeremiah 7:1
The word that came to Jeremiah The Word of prophecy, as the Targum: from the Lord, saying; this begins a new prophecy. This verse, and the beginning of the next, are wanting in the Septuagint version.
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This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD:
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“Stand at the gate of the LORD’s house and there proclaim this message: “ ‘Hear the word of the LORD, all you people of Judah who come through these gates to worship the LORD.
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This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Reform your ways and your actions, and I will let you live in this place.
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Do not trust in deceptive words and say, “This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD!”
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If you really change your ways and your actions and deal with each other justly,