Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version
Book of Jeremiah
Chapter 7  -  Read Chapter
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 7:1 GSB -> Study Notes on 7:1 JFB -> Commentary on 7:1 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 7:1 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 7:1 SRN -> Study Notes on 7:1 WEN -> Notes on 7:1 NTB -> Condescension Of God; Idolatry; Prophecy; Prophets 7:1 - [In Context] This is the Lord's message to Jeremiah:
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 7:2 GSB -> Study Notes on 7:2 JFB -> Commentary on 7:2 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 7:2 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 7:2 TSK -> Commentary on 7:2 TSK -> Entry for 7:2 WEN -> Notes on 7:2 NTB -> Condescension Of God; Temple TTT -> Prophets 7:2 - [In Context] Jeremiah, stand at the gate of the Lord's house. Preach this message at the gate: "Hear the message from the Lord, all you people of the nation of Judah. All you people that come through these gates to worship the Lord, hear this message.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 7:3 GSB -> Study Notes on 7:3 JFB -> Commentary on 7:3 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 7:3 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 7:3 TSK -> Commentary on 7:3 TSK -> Entry for 7:3 WEN -> Notes on 7:3 NTB -> Condescension Of God; Repentance TV -> Devotional using 7:3 TV -> Devotional using 7:3 TV -> Devotional using 7:3 7:3 - [In Context] The Lord is the God of the people of Israel. This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: 'Change your lives and do good things. If you do this, I will let you live in this place. F51
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 7:4 GSB -> Study Notes on 7:4 JFB -> Commentary on 7:4 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 7:4 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 7:4 TSK -> Commentary on 7:4 TSK -> Entry for 7:4 WEN -> Notes on 7:4 NTB -> Condescension Of God; Hypocrisy; Self-Righteousness TTT -> Hypocrites; Jews, The 7:4 - [In Context] Don't trust the lies that some people say. They say, "This is the temple F52 of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord F53 !"
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 7:5 GSB -> Study Notes on 7:5 JFB -> Commentary on 7:5 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 7:5 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 7:5 TSK -> Commentary on 7:5 TSK -> Entry for 7:5 WEN -> Notes on 7:5 NTB -> Condescension Of God; Integrity; Repentance TTT -> Justice TV -> Devotional using 7:5 TV -> Devotional using 7:5 TV -> Devotional using 7:5 7:5 - [In Context] If you change your lives and do good things, I will let you live in this place. You must be fair to each other.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 7:6 GSB -> Study Notes on 7:6 JFB -> Commentary on 7:6 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 7:6 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 7:6 TSK -> Commentary on 7:6 TSK -> Entry for 7:6 WEN -> Notes on 7:6 NTB -> Aliens; Condescension Of God; Orphan; Widow TTT -> Fatherless; Widows TV -> Devotional using 7:6 TV -> Devotional using 7:6 TV -> Devotional using 7:6 7:6 - [In Context] You must be fair to strangers. You must do the right things for widows and orphans. F54 Don't kill innocent people! Don't follow other gods! Why? Because they will ruin your lives.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 7:7 GSB -> Study Notes on 7:7 JFB -> Commentary on 7:7 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 7:7 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 7:7 TSK -> Commentary on 7:7 TSK -> Entry for 7:7 WEN -> Notes on 7:7 NTB -> Condescension Of God; Integrity; Orphan; Repentance; Widow TTT -> Fatherless; Justice TV -> Devotional using 7:7 TV -> Devotional using 7:7 TV -> Devotional using 7:7 7:7 - [In Context] If you obey me, I will let you live in this place. I gave this land to your ancestors F55 for them to keep forever.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 7:8 GSB -> Study Notes on 7:8 JFB -> Commentary on 7:8 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 7:8 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 7:8 SRN -> Study Notes on 7:8 TSK -> Commentary on 7:8 TSK -> Entry for 7:8 WEN -> Notes on 7:8 NTB -> Condescension Of God; Confidence; Dishonesty; Falsehood; Hypocrisy; Israel, Prophecies Concerning; Oath; Vanity TTT -> Vanity 7:8 - [In Context] "'But you are trusting lies. And those lies are worthless.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 7:9 GSB -> Study Notes on 7:9 JFB -> Commentary on 7:9 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 7:9 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 7:9 TSK -> Commentary on 7:9 TSK -> Entry for 7:9 WEN -> Notes on 7:9 NTB -> Adultery; Baal; Condescension Of God; Dishonesty; Homicide; Hypocrisy; Israel, Prophecies Concerning; Oath; Perjury; Theft And Thieves TTT -> Oaths; Sins, National; Swearing Falsely; Theft 7:9 - [In Context] Will you steal and murder? Will you do the sin of adultery F56 ? Will you falsely accuse other people? Will you worship the false god Baal F57 and follow other gods that you have not known?
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 7:10 GSB -> Study Notes on 7:10 JFB -> Commentary on 7:10 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 7:10 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 7:10 TSK -> Commentary on 7:10 TSK -> Entry for 7:10 WEN -> Notes on 7:10 NTB -> Adultery; Condescension Of God; Dishonesty; Homicide; Hypocrisy; Israel, Prophecies Concerning; Theft And Thieves TTT -> Sin; Sins, National; Swearing Falsely; Theft 7:10 - [In Context] If you do those sins, do you think that you can stand before me in this house that is called by my name? Do you think you can stand before me and say, "We are safe," just so you can do all these terrible things?
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 7:11 GSB -> Study Notes on 7:11 JFB -> Commentary on 7:11 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 7:11 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 7:11 TSK -> Commentary on 7:11 TSK -> Entry for 7:11 WEN -> Notes on 7:11 NTB -> Condescension Of God; Israel, Prophecies Concerning; Quotations And Allusions; Robbers TTT -> Caves; Sins, National 7:11 - [In Context] This temple F58 is called by my name! Is this temple nothing more to you than a hideout for robbers? I have been watching you.'" This message is from the Lord.
FOOTNOTES: F51: I will … place   This can also mean, "I will live with you." F52: temple   The special building in Jerusalem for Jewish worship. F53: This is … Lord   Many people in Jerusalem thought that the Lord would always protect Jerusalem because his temple was there. They thought God would protect Jerusalem, no matter how evil the people where. F54: widows and orphans   Widows are women whose husbands have died, and orphans are children whose parents have died. Often these people have no one to care for them. F55: ancestors   Literally, "fathers," meaning a person's parents, grandparents, and all the people they are descended from. F56: adultery   Breaking the marriage promise by sexual sin. F57: Baal   The Canaanite people believed that this false god brought the rain and storms. They also thought that he made the land produce good crops. F58: temple   The special building in Jerusalem for Jewish worship.

Abbreviations Legend: GEB - Gill's Exposition; GSB - Geneva Study Bible; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; SRN - Scofield Reference Notes; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; TV - Today's Verse; Copyright Statement - Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version © 2001 by World Bible Translation Center, Inc. and used by permission.