"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:"
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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...
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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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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. Reference to P...
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_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. Harsh...
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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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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...
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1-20. Ceremonies and sacred places shall be no defence....
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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...
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גֵּ֣ר יָתֹ֤ום וְ אַלְמָנָה֙ לֹ֣א
תַֽעֲשֹׁ֔קוּ וְ דָ֣ם נָקִ֔י אַֽל
־תִּשְׁפְּכ֖וּ בַּ † מָּקֹ֣ום...
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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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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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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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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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...
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Jeremiah 7:6 oppress H6231 (H8799) stranger H1616 fatherless H3490
widow H490 shed H8210 (H8799) innocent H5355 blood H1818 place H4725
walk H3212 (H8799) after H310 other H312 gods H430 hurt H7451
o...
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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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2 Kings 21:6; 2 Kings 24:4; Deuteronomy 11:28; Deuteronomy 24:17;
Deuteronomy 27:19; Deuteronomy 6:14; Deuteronomy 6:15; Deuteronomy
8:19; Exodus 22:21;...
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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...