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Verse Jeremiah 7:4. _THE TEMPLE OF THE LORD_] In the _Chaldee_ the
passage stands thus:-"Do not trust in the words of lying prophets,
which say, Before the temple of the Lord ye shall worship; Before...
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THE TEMPLE OF THE LORD - Thrice repeated, to emphasize the rejection
of the cry ever upon the lips of the false prophets. In their view the
maintenance of the temple-service was a charm sufficient to...
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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
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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...
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_lying words_ those of the false prophets, who maintained that the
possession of the Temple was enough. Jehovah would never suffer it to
be overthrown, and thus its presence would be a kind of charm o...
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THE TEMPLE OF THE LORD ARE THESE— These _gates,_ in which Jeremiah
was commanded to stand: so in the Gospel our Savour says, _See you all
these things?_ pointing to the temple, of which one stone was...
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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...
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Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The
temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these.
THE TEMPLE OF THE LORD ... ARE THESE. The Jews falsely thought that
because t...
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7:4 this. (c-16) Lit. 'are these' (i.e. these buildings)....
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1-20. Ceremonies and sacred places shall be no defence....
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God, said the false prophets, will never allow His Temple to be
overthrown: cp. Micah 3:11.
The TEMPLE, etc.] The threefold repetition suggests 'the energy of
iteration that only belongs to Eastern f...
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TRUST YE NOT IN LYING WORDS... — The emphatic threefold repetition
of the words thus condemned, “The temple of the Lord,” points to
its having been the burden of the discourses of the false prophets,...
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אַל ־תִּבְטְח֣וּ לָכֶ֔ם אֶל
־דִּבְרֵ֥י הַ שּׁ
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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
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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...
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Trust ye not in (a) lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The
temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, [are] these.
(a) Believe not the false prophets, who say that for the temple's
sake, a...
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_Lord. The triple repetition shews the vain confidence of the people,
who blindly imagined that the temple would screen them, (Calmet) and
that external sacrifices would suffice. But they were rejecte...
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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,...
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_DELUDED FORMALISTS_
‘The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord, The temple of the
Lord, are these.’
Jeremiah 7:4
I. RELIGIOUS FORMALISM.—When Jeremiah threatened Israel with the
coming of the...
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Then the Prophet comes closer to them when he says, _Trust ye not in
words of falsehood. _For had not this been expressly said, the Jews
might, according to their usual way, have found out some evasio...
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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...
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TRUST YE NOT IN LYING WORDS,.... In the words of the lying prophets,
as the Targum; and to the same purpose is the Arabic version,
"do not trust in lying words, for the false prophets do not profit y...
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Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The
temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, [are] these.
Ver. 4. _Trust ye not in lying words._] Or, Matters, _sc., _ that
will deceiv...
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_Trust ye not in lying words_ Do not flatter yourselves with an
opinion that you can be safe and happy on any other terms than those
which God points out. _Saying, The temple of the Lord, &c., are the...
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GOD'S REQUIREMENT AND PROMISE...
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Trust ye not in lying words, in those words of falsehood which were so
often dinned in their ears by their wicked leaders, THE TEMPLE OF THE
LORD, THE TEMPLE OF THE LORD, THE TEMPLE OF THE LORD, ARE T...
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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...
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Because this was God's house, wherein he had promised to dwell, and
that for ever, PSALMS 132:13,14, they flattered themselves that he
could dwell no where else, and would not depart, and certainly wo...
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Jeremiah 7:4 trust H982 (H8799) lying H8267 words H1697 saying H559
(H8800) temple H1964 LORD H3068 temple...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 7:4 TEMPLE OF THE LORD. Apparently the
Israelites either believed the temple would never be destroyed or
thought swearing by the temple kept them safe....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Samuel 4:3; 1 Samuel 4:4; Ezekiel 13:19; Jeremiah 28:15; Jeremiah
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Saying — Because this was God's house, they flattered themselves
that he would not suffer the Chaldeans to destroy it, therefore the
prophet cautions them not to deceive themselves, trusting to the
te...