Jeremias 7:17-27

17 Não vês tu o que eles andam fazendo nas cidades de Judá, e nas ruas de Jerusalém?

18 Os filhos apanham a lenha, e os pais acendem o fogo, e as mulheres amassam a farinha para fazerem bolos � rainha do céu, e oferecem libações a outros deuses, a fim de me provocarem � ira.

19 Acaso é a mim que eles provocam � ira? diz o Senhor; não se provocam a si mesmos, para a sua própria confusão?

20 Portanto assim diz o Senhor Deus: Eis que a minha ira e o meu furor se derramarão sobre este lugar, sobre os homens e sobre os animais, sobre as árvores do campo e sobre os frutos da terra; sim, acender-se-á, e não se apagará.

21 Assim diz o Senhor dos exércitos, o Deus de Israel: Ajuntai os vossos holocaustos aos vossos sacrifícios, e comei a carne.

22 Pois não falei a vossos pais no dia em que os tirei da terra do Egito, nem lhes ordenei coisa alguma acerca de holocaustos ou sacrifícios.

23 Mas isto lhes ordenei: Dai ouvidos � minha voz, e eu serei o vosso Deus, e vós sereis o meu povo; andai em todo o caminho que eu vos mandar, para que vos vá bem.

24 Mas não ouviram, nem inclinaram os seus ouvidos; porém andaram nos seus próprios conselhos, no propósito do seu coração malvado; e andaram para trás, e não para diante.

25 Desde o dia em que vossos pais saíram da terra do Egito, até hoje, tenho-vos enviado insistentemente todos os meus servos, os profetas, dia após dia;

26 contudo não me deram ouvidos, nem inclinaram os seus ouvidos, mas endureceram a sua cerviz. Fizeram pior do que seus pais.

27 Dir-lhes-ás pois todas estas palavras, mas não te darão ouvidos; chamá-los-ás, mas não te responderão.

Jeremias 7:17-27 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 7

In this chapter the Lord, by the prophet, calls the people of the Jews to repentance and reformation; reproves them for their vain confidence; and threatens them with destruction for their many sins, and particularly idolatry. The preface to all this is in Jer 7:1,2, the exhortation to amendment, encouraged to by a promise that they should dwell in the land, is in Jer 7:3, but this was not to be expected on account of the temple, and temple service; but through a thorough reformation of manners; an exercise of justice, and avoiding all oppression and idolatry, Jer 7:4-7, their vain confidence in the temple is exposed; they fancying that their standing there, and doing the service of it, would atone for their theft, murder, adultery, perjury, and idolatry; and that they might commit these with impunity; wherefore they are let to know, that so doing these they made the temple a house of thieves; and that for such wickedness, what the Lord had done to his place in Shiloh, which they are reminded of, he would to the temple, and to them, reject and cast them off, Jer 6:8-15, and seeing they also had a dependence on the prophet's prayer, he is bid not to pray for them, for his prayers would not he heard; and he is directed to observe their wretched idolatry, of which an instance is given, whereby they provoked the Lord to anger; and therefore he was determined to pour out his fury on man and beast, and on the trees and fruit of the field, Jer 7:16-20 and whereas they trusted in their burnt offerings and sacrifices, these are rejected, as being what were not originally commanded; but obedience to the moral law, and the precepts of it, which they refused to hearken to, though they were oft called upon to it by his servants the prophets, Jer 7:21-26, and it is foretold that the Prophet Jeremy would meet with the same treatment; that they would not hearken to his words, nor answer to his call; and therefore he should declare them a disobedient, incorrigible, and an unfaithful people, Jer 7:27,28 hence, either he, or Jerusalem, is called upon to cut off the hair, as a sign of mourning; for their rejection of the Lord, occasioned by their sins, and especially their idolatry, of which instances are given, Jer 7:29-31 and it is threatened that the place of their idolatry should be a place of slaughter and of burial, till there should be no room for more; and the carcasses of the rest should be the food of fowls and beasts; and all joy should cease from Judah and Jerusalem, Jer 7:32-34.