Thematic Bible
Jeremiah 7:1 (show verse)
This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord:
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Jeremiah 7:2 (show verse)
“Stand in the gate of the house of the Lord and there call out this word: Hear the word of the Lord, all you people of Judah who enter through these gates to worship the Lord.
Jeremiah 7:3 (show verse)
“This is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Correct your ways and your deeds, and I will allow you to live in this place.
Jeremiah 7:4 (show verse)
Do not trust deceitful words, chanting: This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord.
Jeremiah 7:5 (show verse)
Instead, if you really change your ways and your actions, if you act justly toward one another,
Jeremiah 7:6 (show verse)
if you no longer oppress the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow and no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods, bringing harm on yourselves,
Jeremiah 7:7 (show verse)
I will allow you to live in this place, the land I gave to your ancestors long ago and forever.
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Jeremiah 7:8 (show verse)
But look, you keep trusting in deceitful words that cannot help.
Jeremiah 7:9 (show verse)
“Do you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and follow 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)
Then do you come and stand before Me in this house called by My name and say, ‘We are delivered, so we can continue doing all these detestable acts’?
Jeremiah 7:11 (show verse)
Has this house, which is called by My name, become a den of robbers in your view? Yes, I too have seen it.”
This is the Lord’s declaration.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Jeremiah 7:12 (show verse)
“But return to My place that was at Shiloh, where I made My name dwell at first. See what I did to it because of the evil of My people Israel.
Jeremiah 7:13 (show verse)
Now, because you have done all these things”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“and because I have spoken to you time and time again but you wouldn’t listen, and I have called to you, but you wouldn’t answer,
Jeremiah 7:14 (show verse)
what I did to Shiloh I will do to the house that is called by My name—the house in which you trust—the place that I gave you and your ancestors.
Jeremiah 7:15 (show verse)
I will drive you from My presence, just as I drove out all of your brothers, 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)
“As for you, do not pray for these people. Do not offer a cry or a prayer on their behalf, and do not beg Me, for I will not listen to you.
Jeremiah 7:17 (show verse)
Don’t you see how they behave in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
Jeremiah 7:18 (show verse)
The sons gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead dough to make cakes for the queen of heaven, and they pour out drink offerings to other gods so that they 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)
But are they really provoking Me?” This is the Lord’s declaration. “Isn’t it they themselves being provoked to disgrace?”
Jeremiah 7:20 (show verse)
Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: “Look, My anger—My burning wrath—is about to be poured out on this place, on man and beast, on the tree of the field, and on the produce of the land. My wrath will burn and not be quenched.”
Jeremiah 7:21 (show verse)
This is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Add your burnt offerings to your other sacrifices, and eat the meat yourselves,
Jeremiah 7:22 (show verse)
for when I brought your ancestors out of the land of Egypt, I did not speak with them or command them concerning burnt offering and sacrifice.
Jeremiah 7:23 (show verse)
However, I did give them this command: Obey Me, and then I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must follow every way I command you so that it may go 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)
Yet they didn’t listen or pay attention but followed their own advice and according to their own stubborn, evil heart. They went backward and not 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 your ancestors came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have sent all My servants the prophets to you time and time again.
Jeremiah 7:26 (show verse)
However, they wouldn’t listen to Me or pay attention but became obstinate; they did more evil than their ancestors.
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Jeremiah 7:27 (show verse)
“When you speak all these things to them, they will not listen to you. When you call to them, they will not answer you.
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Jeremiah 7:28 (show verse)
You must therefore declare to them: This is the nation that would not listen to the voice of the Lord their God and would not accept discipline. Truth has perished—it has disappeared from their mouths.
Jeremiah 7:29 (show verse)
Cut off the hair of your sacred vow and throw it away. Raise up a dirge on the barren heights, for the Lord has rejected and abandoned the generation under His wrath.
Jeremiah 7:30 (show verse)
“For the Judeans have done what is evil in My sight.” This is the Lord’s declaration. “They have set up their detestable things in the house that is called by My name and defiled it.
Jeremiah 7:31 (show verse)
They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Hinnom in order to burn their sons and daughters in the fire, a thing I did not command; I never entertained the thought.
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, take note! Days are coming”—the Lord’s declaration—“when this place will no longer be called Topheth and the Valley of Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter. Topheth will become a cemetery, because there will be no other burial place.
Jeremiah 7:33 (show verse)
The corpses of these people will become food for the birds of the sky and for the wild animals of the land, with no one to scare them away.
Jeremiah 7:34 (show verse)
I will remove from the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem the sound of joy and gladness and the voices of the groom and the bride, for the land will become a desolate waste.
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