A nation - The “nation.” Israel holds so unique a position among all nations that for it to disobey God is marvelous.Truth ... - Fidelity to God. Though they have the name of Yahweh often upon their lips and swear by Him Jeremiah 5:2, yet it is only profession without practice. read more
Jeremiah 7:21-28. Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel And let Israel hear when their God speaks Put your burnt-offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh The burnt-offerings, after they were flayed, were to be consumed wholly upon the altar, Leviticus 1:9; whereas, in the sacrifices of the peace-offerings, only the fat was to be burned upon the altar; part of the remainder belonging to the priests, and the rest being the portion of the offerer, to be eaten with his friends... read more
No hope for an idolatrous people (7:16-8:3)God now tells Jeremiah that it is useless for him to persist in praying for the safety of the Judeans. They have so given themselves to idolatrous practices that nothing can save them from God’s judgment. Throughout the cities and towns of Judah people worship foreign gods, but in the process they harm themselves (16-19). The harm will be much greater when God’s judgment falls on them (20).While openly worshipping heathen gods, the people also offer... read more
a = the. obeyeth = hearkeneth to. correction: or instruction, or discipline. truth = fidelity, or veracity. their. The Babylonian Codex reads "your". read more
28. unto them—that is, in reference to them. a nation—The word usually applied to the Gentile nations is here applied to the Jews, as being east off and classed by God among the Gentiles. nor receiveth correction— (Jeremiah 5:3). truth . . . perished— (Jeremiah 9:3). read more
Obedience as opposed to mere sacrifice 7:21-28This seems to be a new message from the Lord. It is a good example of prophetic indictments of Israel’s sacrificial institutions (cf. Jeremiah 6:20; 1 Samuel 15:22; Psalms 51:16-17; Isaiah 1:4-15; Hosea 6:6; Amos 5:21-24; Micah 6:6-8). read more
Jeremiah was to tell the people that they were a disobedient nation. They refused to accept correction from their Lord. They were not faithful (Heb. ’emuna, cf. Jeremiah 5:1; Jeremiah 5:3; Habakkuk 2:4) to Him and His covenant. read more
1-20. Ceremonies and sacred places shall be no defence.4. 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 fanatics’ (Stanley, ’Jewish Church,’ ii, 438).5-7. Their tenure of the Temple is conditional on obedience to the covenant made by God with their fathers. 10. We are delivered] By the discharge of this formality we are set free for a return to... read more
(28) But thou shalt say.—Better, And thou shalt say, with an implied “therefore.”This is a nation.—Better, This is the nation, as pre-eminent in its sin.Truth.—Better, as in Jeremiah 7:2, faithfulness. read more
Get Bible verse every day in your inbox
Read on Mobile
The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 7:28
The inveterate disobedience of Israel. All along, from Jeremiah 7:21 , this is the theme, viz. the disobedience of Israel. Now, to give fall force to a charge of disobedience there must be the means of furnishing ample proofs that directions have first been given—plain, earnest, and authoritative. And this is just what we find here. God refers his people back over the long years in which, by divers agencies, he had laid before them his righteous and beneficent will. What he commended... read more