Jeremiah 7:22 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 7:22

For I spake not unto your fathers ,.... Meaning not Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, but Moses, Aaron, and others, who were living at the time of the bringing of the children of Israel out of Egypt, as appears by what follows: nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings, or sacrifices ; these are not in the decalogue or ten commands; these are no part of that law or covenant, but are an appendage or addition to it; and though they are... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 7:22

Verse 22 The Prophet therefore adds, I spoke not to your fathers, nor commanded them, in the day I brought them forth from the land of Egypt, concerning sacrifices or burnt —offerings: but this only I commanded them, to hear my voice, and to walk in all the way which I commanded them. Jeremiah seems to have condemned sacrifices too much; for we know they were designed for certain purposes: they were intended to promote penitence; for when an animal was killed at the altar, all were reminded... 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 7:21-28

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 7:21-28

The indispensable condition of well-being. This is laid down in Jeremiah 7:23 —obedience to God. It is the teaching of the entire Bible, of our Lord, the prophets, his apostles. The gospel is for this—to secure it more perfectly; and the sacrifices of the ancient Law were for the same reason. But men have ever rebelled against this. They were doing so in Jeremiah's time. They sought to make their sacrifices and burnt offerings a substitute for the obedience God commanded. Hence, as... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 7:22

I spake not unto your fathers , etc. An important and much-disputed passage, from which Graf, Colenso, and Kuenen derive one of their chief subsidiary arguments for the post-Exile date of the Levitical legislation. The prophet here appears to deny in tote that Jehovah at Mount Sinai had given any injunctions on the subject of sacrifice. But the prophet must at any rate be consistent with himself; he cannot utter anything by Divine command which is fundamentally at variance with other... read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 7:22

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 7:22

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 7:21-28

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 7:21-28

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 7:21-28

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 7:22

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