Jeremiah 7:28

28 But thou shalt say unto them, `This is a nation that obeyeth not the voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction. Truth has perished and is cut off from their mouth.

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 Yet they hearkened not unto Me nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck; they did worse than their fathers.'

27 "Therefore thou shalt speak all these words unto them, but they will not hearken to thee; thou shalt also call unto them, but they will not answer thee.

28 But thou shalt say unto them, `This is a nation that obeyeth not the voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction. Truth has perished and is cut off from their mouth.

29 "`Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on high places; for the LORD hath rejected and forsaken the generation of His wrath.

30 "`For the children of Judah have done evil in My sight, saith the LORD. They have set their abominations in the house which is called by My name, to pollute it.