Thematic Bible
Jeremiah 7:1 (show verse)
The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,
No Themes for this verse.
Jeremiah 7:2 (show verse)
“Stand in the gate of the Lord’s house and proclaim there this word and say, ‘Hear the word of the Lord, all you of Judah who enter by these gates to worship the Lord.’”
Jeremiah 7:3 (show verse)
Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, “Change your ways and your behavior, and I will let you live in this place.
Jeremiah 7:4 (show verse)
Do not trust in the deceptive and lying words [of the false prophets who claim that Jerusalem will be protected by God because of the temple], saying, ‘This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord.’
Jeremiah 7:5 (show verse)
For if you thoroughly change your ways and your behavior, if you thoroughly and honestly practice justice between a man and his neighbor,
Jeremiah 7:6 (show verse)
if you do not oppress the transient and the foreigner, the orphan, or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood [by oppression and by unjust judicial murders] in Jerusalem, nor follow after other gods to your own ruin,
Jeremiah 7:7 (show verse)
then I will let you live in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers [to live in] forever and ever.
No Themes for this verse.
Jeremiah 7:8 (show verse)
“Behold, you are trusting in deceptive and useless words that bring no benefit.
Jeremiah 7:9 (show verse)
Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear [oaths] falsely, offer sacrifices or burn incense to Baal, and follow after other gods that you have not known,
Baal » An idol of the phoenicians, God of the sun » Jeremiah expostulates against the worship of
Oaths » The jews » Often guilty of falsely taking
national Sins » National worship rejected on account of
Swearing falsely » The wicked » Plead excuses for
Theft » Connected with murder
Theft » The wicked » Plead excuses for
Theft » Is an abomination
Oaths » The jews » Often guilty of falsely taking
national Sins » National worship rejected on account of
Swearing falsely » The wicked » Plead excuses for
Theft » Connected with murder
Theft » The wicked » Plead excuses for
Theft » Is an abomination
Jeremiah 7:10 (show verse)
and [then dare to] come and stand before Me in this house, which is called by My Name, and say, ‘We are protected and set free [by this act of religious ritual]!’—only to go on with this wickedness and these disgusting and loathsome things?
Jeremiah 7:11 (show verse)
Has this house, which is called by My Name, become a den of robbers in your eyes [a place of retreat for you between acts of violence]? Behold, I Myself have seen it,” says the Lord.
Jeremiah 7:12 (show verse)
“But go now to My place which was in Shiloh [in Ephraim], where I first set My Name, and see what I did to it because of the wickedness of My people Israel.
Jeremiah 7:13 (show verse)
And now, because you have done all these things,” says the Lord, “and I spoke [persistently] to you, even rising up early and speaking, but you did not listen, and I called you but you did not answer,
Jeremiah 7:14 (show verse)
therefore, I will do to this house (the temple) which is called by My Name, in which you trust, and to the place which I gave you and your fathers, just as I did to Shiloh.
Jeremiah 7:15 (show verse)
I will cast you out of My sight, as I have cast out all your brothers (relatives through Jacob), all the descendants of Ephraim.
Ephraim » A tribe of israel » Envied by other tribes
Israel » A type of the apostate church when disobedient » Threatened with reprobation
Israel » Kings of judah » Reprobation of
Intercessory prayer » Unavailing for the obstinately-impenitent
Reprobation » Israel-the jews, threatened with reprobation
Wicked people » Warned
Israel » A type of the apostate church when disobedient » Threatened with reprobation
Israel » Kings of judah » Reprobation of
Intercessory prayer » Unavailing for the obstinately-impenitent
Reprobation » Israel-the jews, threatened with reprobation
Wicked people » Warned
Jeremiah 7:16 (show verse)
“Therefore, do not pray for this people [of Judah] or lift up a cry or entreaty for them or make intercession to Me, for I do not hear you.
Jeremiah 7:17 (show verse)
Do you not see what they are doing in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
Jeremiah 7:18 (show verse)
The children gather wood, the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead the dough to make cakes for the queen of heaven; and they pour out drink offerings to other gods that they may offend and provoke Me to anger.
Ashtoreth » An idol of the philistines, zidonians, and phenicians. Probably identical with queen of heaven
Bread » How prepared » Kneaded
Bread » Was kneaded
Bread » Made by women
Bread » By idolaters
Dough » Kneaded
Drink offering » Idolatrous jews » Offered to the queen of heaven
Family » Religion of the
Idolatry » Objects of » Sun, moon, and stars
Idolatry » Other customs of » Libations
Idolatry » Other customs of » Meat offerings
Missionaries » The zeal of idolaters should provoke to
Moon » Worshiped
Moon » Worshipped as the queen of heaven
Queen » The moon was called "the queen of heaven,"
Woman » Frequently » Zealous in promoting superstition and idolatry
Women » Zealous » Promotion » Superstition » Idolatry
Bread » How prepared » Kneaded
Bread » Was kneaded
Bread » Made by women
Bread » By idolaters
Dough » Kneaded
Drink offering » Idolatrous jews » Offered to the queen of heaven
Family » Religion of the
Idolatry » Objects of » Sun, moon, and stars
Idolatry » Other customs of » Libations
Idolatry » Other customs of » Meat offerings
Missionaries » The zeal of idolaters should provoke to
Moon » Worshiped
Moon » Worshipped as the queen of heaven
Queen » The moon was called "the queen of heaven,"
Woman » Frequently » Zealous in promoting superstition and idolatry
Women » Zealous » Promotion » Superstition » Idolatry
Jeremiah 7:19 (show verse)
Do they offend and provoke Me to anger?” says the Lord. “Is it not themselves [they offend], to their own shame?”
Jeremiah 7:20 (show verse)
Therefore thus says the Lord God, “Behold, My anger and My wrath will be poured out on this place, on man and beast, on the trees of the field and the fruit of the ground; and it will burn and [the fire will] not be quenched.”
Jeremiah 7:21 (show verse)
Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, “Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices and eat the meat.
Jeremiah 7:22 (show verse)
For in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, I did not speak to your fathers or command them concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices.
Jeremiah 7:23 (show verse)
But this thing I did command them: ‘Listen to and obey My voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be My people; and you will walk in all the way which I command you, so that it may be well with you.’
the Burnt offering » Obedience better than
Godliness » Profitable, general references to
Obedience » To God, the duty of » Better than sacrifice
Obedience to God » Promises to
Obedience to God » Includes » Obeying his voice
Offerings » Useless when not accompanied by genuine piety
Profit and loss » Profit » Godliness profitable general references to
Walking » With God » According to his commands
Wicked people » Warned
Godliness » Profitable, general references to
Obedience » To God, the duty of » Better than sacrifice
Obedience to God » Promises to
Obedience to God » Includes » Obeying his voice
Offerings » Useless when not accompanied by genuine piety
Profit and loss » Profit » Godliness profitable general references to
Walking » With God » According to his commands
Wicked people » Warned
Jeremiah 7:24 (show verse)
But they did not obey Me or bend their ear [to hear Me], but followed the counsels and the stubbornness of their [own] evil heart (mind), and [they turned and] went backward instead of forward.
ears » Of the wicked » Not inclined to hear God
Pathway of sin » Walking in
Self-will » Exhibited in » Walking in the counsels of an evil heart
Self-will » Proceeds from » An evil heart
Self-will » Exhibited in » Going backward and not forward
Self-will and stubbornness » Exhibited in » Walking in the counsels of an evil heart
Self-will and stubbornness » Exhibited in » Going backward and not forward
Self-will and stubbornness » Proceed from » An evil heart
Sinful » The whole imitation of worldly people and customs condemned » Walk
Walk » Characteristics of » Sinful
Wicked people » Warned
Pathway of sin » Walking in
Self-will » Exhibited in » Walking in the counsels of an evil heart
Self-will » Proceeds from » An evil heart
Self-will » Exhibited in » Going backward and not forward
Self-will and stubbornness » Exhibited in » Walking in the counsels of an evil heart
Self-will and stubbornness » Exhibited in » Going backward and not forward
Self-will and stubbornness » Proceed from » An evil heart
Sinful » The whole imitation of worldly people and customs condemned » Walk
Walk » Characteristics of » Sinful
Wicked people » Warned
Jeremiah 7:25 (show verse)
Since the day that your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have [persistently] sent you all My servants the prophets, sending them daily, early [and late].
Jeremiah 7:26 (show verse)
Yet they did not listen to Me and obey Me or bend their ear [to hear Me], but stiffened their neck; they did more evil and behaved worse than their fathers.
No Themes for this verse.
Jeremiah 7:27 (show verse)
“You shall speak all these words to them, but they will not listen to you; and you shall [also] call to them, but they will not answer you.
No Themes for this verse.
Jeremiah 7:28 (show verse)
You shall say to them, ‘This is the nation that did not obey the voice of the Lord their God or accept correction and warning; truth and faithfulness have perished and have completely vanished from their mouths.
Jeremiah 7:29 (show verse)
‘Cut off your hair [your crown, O Jerusalem] and throw it away,
And take up a mournful cry on the barren heights,
For the Lord has rejected and abandoned
The generation of His wrath.’
Jeremiah 7:30 (show verse)
For the children of Judah have done evil in My sight,” says the Lord; “they have set their disgusting and shamefully vile things in the house which is called by My Name, to defile it.
Jeremiah 7:31 (show verse)
They have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the Valley of Ben-hinnom (son of Hinnom), to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire [to honor Molech, the fire god]—which I did not command, nor did it come into My heart (mind).
the Burnt offering » Of human victims execrated
High places » Condemned
High places » Signify a place of idolatrous worship
High places » Mentioned in scripture » Tophet
Hinnom » Children offered in sacrifice in
Molech » Children sacrificed to
Offerings » Human sacrifices » israelites
Places » High » Condemned
Tophet » Jewish children passed through the fire to the God molech in
High places » Condemned
High places » Signify a place of idolatrous worship
High places » Mentioned in scripture » Tophet
Hinnom » Children offered in sacrifice in
Molech » Children sacrificed to
Offerings » Human sacrifices » israelites
Places » High » Condemned
Tophet » Jewish children passed through the fire to the God molech in
Jeremiah 7:32 (show verse)
“Therefore, behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when it will no longer be called Topheth or the Valley of Ben-hinnom, but the Valley of the Slaughter, for [in bloody warfare] they will bury [the dead] in Topheth until there is no more room.
Jeremiah 7:33 (show verse)
And the dead bodies of this people will be food for the birds of the air and for the beasts of the earth and no one will frighten them away.
Jeremiah 7:34 (show verse)
Then I will cause the voices of joy and gladness, and the voices of the bridegroom and the bride to vanish from the cities of Judah and from the streets of Jerusalem; for the land will become a ruin—a wasteland.
Israel » Under the special protection of jehovah humbled » Joy of, departed
Israel » A type of the apostate church when disobedient » Lost the joy of divine favour
Jerusalem » Of the destruction of
Joy » Christ's joy » Israel lost the joy of divine favour
Marriage » The jews » Often punished by being debarred from
Israel » A type of the apostate church when disobedient » Lost the joy of divine favour
Jerusalem » Of the destruction of
Joy » Christ's joy » Israel lost the joy of divine favour
Marriage » The jews » Often punished by being debarred from