if ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow The foreigner, temporarily resident, as having no legal status, specially needed commendation to the kindness of those around him. Harshness to such was strongly denounced in the "Book of the Covenant" (Exodus 21-23, e.g. Jeremiah 22:21; Jeremiah 23:9) and Deut. (e.g. Deuteronomy 24:17).
A summary of the conditions indispensable on man’s part, before he can plead the terms of the covenant in his favor. Jeremiah 7:6 IN THIS PLACE - i. e., in Jerusalem. The prophet refers to innocent b...
THE PROPHET'S TEMPLE ADDRESS (7-9) CHAPTER 7 _ 1. Amend your ways and your doings (Jeremiah 7:1) _ 2. No prayer-answer to be expected (Jeremiah 7:16) 3. Sacrifices rejected; Obedience demanded (J
THE TEMPLE SERMON. The prophet is sent to the gate of the Temple, to rebuke the false confidence of Yahweh's worshippers in the possession of this block of buildings (these, Jeremiah 7:4). Yahweh desi...
STRANGER, THE FATHERLESS, AND THE WIDOW. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 24:17). INNOCENT BLOOD. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 19:10). See note on Isaiah 59:7. OTHER GODS. Referen
I. PRESUMPTUOUS WORSHIP Jeremiah 7:3-15 The men of Judah, like the majority of all ages, took worship for granted. They were content simply to show up at the Temple and participate in the prescribed r...
If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt: THIS PLACE - this city and land (). NEITHER W...
1-20. Ceremonies and sacred places shall be no defence....
THE STRANGER, THE FATHERLESS, AND THE WIDOW. — Grouped together, as in Deuteronomy 14:29; Deuteronomy 24:19, as the three great representatives of the poor and helpless, standing most in need therefor...
גֵּ֣ר יָתֹ֤ום וְ אַלְמָנָה֙ לֹ֣א תַֽעֲשֹׁ֔קוּ...
Jeremiah 8:1; Jeremiah 9:1; Jeremiah 10:1; Jeremiah 26:1 In the four Chapter s which we are now to consider we have what is plainly a fin
With this section the second movement in commissioning the prophet commences. It deals first with the sins of worship. These are first denounced. At the gate of the Temple the prophet rebuked the peop...
It appears by the subject of the Prophet's sermon, that the men of Judah, while destitute of vital godliness, were much taken up with the form of it: and though without the love of God in their heart,...
Then he adds, _if ye will not oppress the stranger and the orphan and the widow _This also belonged to the judges: but God no doubt shews here generally, that injustice greatly prevailed among the peo...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 7, 8, AND 9. Chapter 7 begins a new prophecy, contemplating especially the temple, which, instead of being a protection (as the people, without conscience, wo...
IF YE OPPRESS NOT THE STRANGER, THE FATHERLESS, AND THE WIDOW,.... Who have none to help them, and who ought to have mercy and compassion shown them, as well as justice done them; and should not be in...
Jeremiah 7:6 [If] ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt: Ver. 6. _If ye oppress not the str...
_For if ye thoroughly amend your ways_, &c. In these verses the prophet tells them particularly what the amendment was which was necessary that they might escape destruction. It must be a thorough ame...
if ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, the three points which were emphasized time and again in the Law of God, AND SHED NOT INNOCENT BLOOD IN THIS PLACE, throughout Jerusalem...
GOD'S REQUIREMENT AND PROMISE...
1-16 No observances, professions, or supposed revelations, will profit, if men do not amend their ways and their doings. None can claim an interest in free salvation, who allow themselves in the prac...
Here they are cautioned against three sins that this people were generally addicted to, oppression, blood, and idolatry; and he instanceth in the worst of oppressions, viz. of such as God hath more es...
Jeremiah 7:6 oppress H6231 (H8799) stranger H1616 fatherless H3490 widow H490 shed H8210 (H8799) innocent H5355 blood
JUDAH MUST NOT TRUST IN THE PRESENCE OF THE TEMPLE FOR SECURITY BECAUSE AS A RESULT OF THEIR EVIL WAYS YHWH INTENDS TO DO TO THE TEMPLE WHAT HE DID TO HIS HOUSE AT SHILOH, DESTROY IT (JEREMIAH 7:1). A...
Jeremiah 7:1. _The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, Stand in the gate of the LORD'S house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of the LORD, all ye of Judah, that ente...
CONTENTS: The message in the gate of the Lord's house. Coming desolations because of sin. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah. CONCLUSION: It is common for those who are furthest from God to boast themselves...
Jeremiah 7:2. _Stand in the gate of the Lord's house,_ and call the people to repentance by arguments arrayed in all the glory and force of truth. This was the chief gate of entrance. The temple had t...
_Stand in the gate. .. and proclaim._ BOLDNESS IN PREACHING Some preachers are traders from port to port, following the customary and approved course; others adventure over the whole ocean of human c...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 7:1 False Religion and an Idolatrous People. These chapters give evidence of the truth of God’s accusations in chs. Jeremiah 2:1. Judah takes com
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 7:6 SOJOURNER. A resident alien living in Judah. FATHERLESS. Either through death, desertion, or irresponsible sexual acts. WIDOW. Either through death or desertion
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES. 1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER. _Keil_ regards chaps. 7 to 10 as later addresses, delivered during Josiah’s reign. _Bagster_ places an interval of merely two years between...
EXPOSITION Ch. 7-10.—Severe rebukes of idolatry alternating with announcements of the impending judgment. The circumstances connected with this discourse, or part thereof, appear to be detailed in Jer...
So chapter 7. King Josiah, who was reigning at the beginning of Jeremiah's ministry, in the eighteenth year of his reign, ordered the temple restored. It had fallen into disrepair. It sort of lay in r...
2 Kings 21:6; 2 Kings 24:4; Deuteronomy 11:28; Deuteronomy 24:17;...
Oppress not — Here they are cautioned against three sins, that this people were generally addicted to, oppression, blood, and idolatry; and instances in the worst of oppressions, of such as God hath m...