Jeremiah 7:21 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 7:21-28

God, having shown the people that the temple would not protect them while they polluted it with their wickedness, here shows them that their sacrifices would not atone for them, nor be accepted, while they went on in disobedience. See with what contempt he here speaks of their ceremonial service (Jer. 7:21). ?Put your burnt-offerings to your sacrifices; go on in them as long as you please; add one sort of sacrifice to another; turn your burnt-offerings (which were to be wholly burnt to the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 7:21

Thus saith the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel ,.... The Lord of armies above and below, and the covenant God of the people of Israel; who were bound to serve him, not only by the laws of creation, and the bounties of Providence, but were under obligation so to do by the distinguishing blessings of his goodness bestowed upon them; wherefore their idolatry, and other sins committed against him, were the more heinous and aggravated: put your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 7:21

Put your burnt-offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh - I will receive neither sacrifice nor oblation from you; therefore you may take the beasts intended for sacrifice, and slay and eat them for your common nourishment. See on Jeremiah 7:29 ; (note). read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 7:21

Verse 21 The Prophet here taunts the Jews for being so sedulous in their attention to sacrifices, while they had no care for piety. Hence he says by way of ridicule, “Offer your sacrifices, and accumulate burnt-offerings and victims, and eat flesh.” The last clause proves that God regarded as nothing their sacrifices, and that nothing was acceptable to him, though the Jews spent much money and spared no labors. God then shews that all these things were nothing to him; eat flesh, he says, which... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 7:1-34

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 7:1-34

The relations of righteousness and religion. This chapter, as indeed so much other of Jeremiah's prophecies, teaches not a little Concerning this great theme. In this chapter we note how it shows— I. THAT RIGHTEOUSNESS IS THE PRINCIPAL THING . 1. It is God's solemn demand (verse 2). 2. It is God's perpetual demand. See the whole chapter, the whole prophecy. "Amend your ways and your doings" (verse 3) is its constant appeal. 3. At first it was his only... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 7:13-25

Rising up early. A striking expression concerning Jehovah. In Jeremiah 7:25 it is strengthened: "Daily rising up early." It speaks to us— I. OF THE ANXIETY OF JEHOVAH FOR HIS PEOPLE . He who has important business on hand, or dear ones in trying circumstances, or great results dependent upon immediate and strenuous exertion, will show diligence in some such way. He will be unable to rest. So it is with God and his Church. Not that he can be said to fear or be... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 7:21

Put your burnt offerings , etc. Throw all your sacrifices into a mass , and eat them at your pleasure. Ye have my perfect permission, for they are of no religions value. According to the Law, the burnt offerings were to be entirely consumed by fire, while the other sacrifices were mostly eaten by the offerers and by their friends. There is a touch of contempt in the phrase, eat flesh ; they are merely pieces of flesh, and ye may eat them. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 7:21-28

Jeremiah dispels the illusion that God's claims are satisfied by a merely formal service. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 7:21-28

Declension. Jeremiah endeavors to rouse a sense of guilt in his hearers by pointing to the sad downward course of their history when this is regarded in the light of Divine requirements and inducements to follow them. I. THE DIVINE REQUIREMENTS . These were not for the offering of mere formal sacrifices, but for obedience to God in heart and conduct ( 1 Samuel 15:22 ). Men need to be repeatedly reminded of this fact, because there is a common tendency to separate religion from... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 7:21-28

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 7:21

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 7:21

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 7:21

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 7:1-34

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 7:1-34

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 7:13-25

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 7:21

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 7:21-28

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 7:21-28

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