Jeremiah 7:24-26 NIV

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 7:24

(24) Imagination.—Better, stubbornness, as in Jeremiah 3:17.Went backward and not forward.—The whole sacrificial system, even at its best, to say nothing of its idolatrous corruptions, was accordingly, from Jeremiah’s point of view, a retrograde movement. The apostasy of the people in the worship of the golden calf involved a like deflection, necessary and inevitable though it might be as a process of education, from the first ideal polity, based upon the covenant made with Abraham, i.e., upon... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 7:25

(25) Daily rising up.—Stress is laid on the continual succession of prophets as witnesses of the Truth from the beginning. The prophet was not tied to the actual letter of his statement, and the prominence given to Samuel, as the first who bore the name of prophet (1 Samuel 9:9), seems at first against him. On the other hand, the gift of prophecy (as seen in Numbers 11:25-29) was bestowed freely even during the wilderness wanderings, and the mention of prophets (Judges 4:4; Judges 6:8) and men... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 7:26

(26) Worse than their fathers.—The rapid survey of the past makes it doubtful whether the comparison is made between the generations that came out of Egypt and their immediate followers, or between those followers and their successors. Probably the general thought was that the whole history of Israel had been one of progressive deterioration, reaching its climax in the generation in which Jeremiah lived. His words find a striking parallel in the complaint of the Roman historian (Livy, Præf), or... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 7:1-34

; Jeremiah 8:1-22; Jeremiah 9:1-26; Jeremiah 10:1-25; Jeremiah 26:1-24In the four chapters which we are now to consider we have what is plainly a finished whole. The only possible exception {Jeremiah 10:1-16} shall be considered in its place. The historical occasion of the introductory prophecy, {Jeremiah 7:1-15} and the immediate effect of its delivery, are recorded at length in the twenty-sixth chapter of the book, so that in this instance we are happily not left to the uncertainties of... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Jeremiah 7:1-34

The Prophet’s Temple Address (7-9) CHAPTER 7 1. Amend your ways and your doings (Jeremiah 7:1-15 ) 2. No prayer-answer to be expected (Jeremiah 7:16-20 ) 3. Sacrifices rejected; Obedience demanded (Jeremiah 7:21-28 ) 4. Jerusalem’s rejection (Jeremiah 7:29-34 ) Jeremiah 7:1-15 . We call this next address of the prophet “the temple address,” because he was commanded to stand in the gate of the LORD’s house. There he stood, a solitary figure, and said: “Hear the Word of the LORD, all ye... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Jeremiah 7:25

7:25 Since the day that your fathers came forth from the land of Egypt to {l} this day I have even sent to you all my servants the prophets, daily {m} rising early and sending [them]:(l) Which was about fourteen hundred years.(m) Read Jeremiah 7:13 . read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 7:1-34

PERSECUTED IN HIS HOME TOWN The length of this lesson may alarm, but preparation for it only requires the reading of the chapters two or three times. One who has gone through Isaiah will soon catch the drift of the Spirit’s teaching and be able to break up the chapters into separate discourses and the discourses into their various themes. The main object of the lesson is to dwell on the prophet’s personal experience in his home town which is reached in the closing chapters. It is thought... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Jeremiah 7:1-34

Organisation and Responsibility Jer 7:10 That men are variously constituted is a fact not merely profoundly interesting to the speculative philosopher, but of the greatest practical consequence to the Christian philanthropist. While the genus, man, is founded on a common basis, the individual is marked by characteristics singular to himself. We are rooted in the same soil, yet each seems to develop according to a law of his own. We have much in common, yet are individualised by the strongest... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Jeremiah 7:20-30

I pause, not to interrupt the Reader in the progress of these verses, they are all to the same amount as the former. How pathetically the Prophet mourns the obstinacy of his people! Surely ministers ought to have tender feelings of compassion for the state of sinners. read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 7:21-28

21-28 God shows that obedience was required of them. That which God commanded was, Hearken diligently to the voice of the Lord thy God. The promise is very encouraging. Let God's will be your rule, and his favour shall be your happiness. God was displeased with disobedience. We understand the gospel as little as the Jews understood the law, if we think that even the sacrifice of Christ lessens our obligation to obey. read more