"Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place."
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If the people repented, instead of being led into captivity, God would
maintain their national existence. It is a promise of the continuance
of an old blessing....
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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 (Je...
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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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THE LORD OF HOSTS, THE GOD OF ISRAEL. This title occurs thirty-four
times in Jeremiah. (Jeremiah 7:3; Jeremiah 7:21; Jeremiah 9:15;
Jeremiah 16:9; Jeremiah 19:3; Jeremiah 19:15; Jeremiah 25:15; Jeremi...
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_your ways and your doings_ a frequent expression in this Book. See
Intr. iii. § 14 (_b_), note. Cp. Ezekiel 14:22 f., Ezekiel 20:43;
Jeremiah 36:17; Zechariah 1:4; Zechariah 1:6....
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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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Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and
your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.
AMEND YOUR WAYS AND YOUR DOINGS - (; ).
CAUSE YOU TO DWELL - permit...
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1-20. Ceremonies and sacred places shall be no defence....
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YOUR WAYS AND YOUR DOINGS. — “Ways,” as in Zechariah 1:6, of
general habits, “doings” of separate acts.
I WILL CAUSE YOU TO DWELL. — The English suggests the thoughts of
something new, but what Jerem...
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כֹּֽה ־אָמַ֞ר יְהוָ֤ה צְבָאֹות֙
אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל הֵיטִ֥יבוּ
דַרְכֵיכֶ֖ם וּ מַֽעַלְלֵיכֶ֑ם וַ
אֲשַׁכְּנָ֣ה אֶתְכֶ֔ם...
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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 finished whole. The only possible exception Jeremiah 10:1
shall be...
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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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_Dwell. Hebrew, "make you dwell here." (Haydock)_...
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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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_Make good_, he says, _your ways and your doings, then will I dwell in
this place _(189) This promise contains an implied contrast; for the
Prophet intimates, that the people would not long survive, u...
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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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THUS SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS, THE GOD OF ISRAEL,.... The Lord of
armies above and below in general, and the God of Israel in
particular; wherefore they ought to hearken to what he was about to
say, an...
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and
your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.
Ver. 3. _Amend your ways and your doings._] Heb., Make good your ways,
_...
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_Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel_ As creatures, we are
all bound to regard _the Lord of hosts;_ as members of the visible
church, _the God of Israel;_ what he said to them he says to u...
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GOD'S REQUIREMENT AND PROMISE...
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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
pract...
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AMEND YOUR WAYS AND YOUR DOINGS, i.e. mend your manners. Amending
signifies both to turn from our evil works, and make our good better.
I WILL CAUSE YOU TO DWELL IN THIS PLACE; you shall not go into
c...
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Jeremiah 7:3 says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 hosts H6635 God H430 Israel
H3478 Amend H3190 (H8685) ways H1870 doings H4611 dwell H7931 (H8762)
place H4725
Amend - Jeremiah 7:5-7, Jeremiah 18:11,...
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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 comfort in the temple
while brea...
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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 Je...
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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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Ezekiel 18:30; Ezekiel 18:31; Ezekiel 33:4; Isaiah 1:16; Isaiah 55:7;
James 4:8; Jeremiah 18:11; Jeremiah 26:13; Jeremiah 35:15; Jerem