Jeremiah 7:8-15

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 7:1-15

These verses begin another sermon, which is continued in this and the two following chapters, much to the same effect with those before, to reason them to repentance. Observe, I. The orders given to the prophet to preach this sermon; for he had not only a general commission, but particular directions and instructions for every message he delivered. This was a word that came to him from the Lord, Jer. 7:1. We are not told when this sermon was to be preached; but are told, 1. Where it must be... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 7:8

Behold, ye trust in lying words ,.... What they are dissuaded from, Jeremiah 7:4 , is here affirmed they did, and which is introduced with a note of asseveration, attention, and admiration; it being a certain thing that they did so; and was what was worthy of their consideration and serious reflection upon; and it was astonishing that they should, since so to do was of no advantage to them, but the contrary: that cannot profit ; temple worship and service, legal sacrifices and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 7:9

Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely ,.... At the same time they offered sacrifices, and trusted in them, they did those things, which would not be grateful to the Lord, nor profitable to them; or, "ye do steal", &c.; so the Septuagint, and all the Oriental versions; and likewise the Targum; as charging them with them; these are sins against the second table of the law, as what follow are against the first: and burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 7:10

And come and stand before me in this house ,.... In the temple; this they did after they had been guilty of such immoralities and idolatry; thinking by their appearance there, and their performance of a few ceremonies, and offering of some sacrifices, that all were atoned for: or this denotes their impudence, that, after the commission of such notorious crimes, they should have the front to come into the house of God, and stand before him, as if they had never departed from him, and were his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 7:11

Is this house, which is called by my name ,.... Meaning the temple: become a den of robbers in your eyes ? or do you look upon it, and make use of it, as thieves do of dens; who, when they have robbed and murdered men, betake themselves to them, not only to share their spoil, but to hide themselves? just so those thieves, murderers adulterers, perjurers, and idolaters, after they had committed such gross enormities, came into the temple and offered sacrifices; thinking hereby to cover... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 7:12

But go ye now unto my place, which was in Shiloh ,.... A city in the tribe of Ephraim, on the north of Bethel, and the south of Lebonah, and not far from Shechem, Judges 21:19 here were the tabernacle, the ark and altar of the Lord, and the sacrifices; and therefore the tabernacle is called the tabernacle of Shiloh, Psalm 78:60 , and here the Lord calls it his place; the place of the house of his Shechinah, as the Targum paraphrases it; and where he would have those people go; which is... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 7:13

And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the Lord ,.... Meaning evil works, such as theft, murder, adultery, perjury, and idolatry, mentioned Jeremiah 7:8 or the same which were done by the people of Israel, on account of which the tabernacle at Shiloh was left: and I spake unto you, rising up early ; that is, by his servants the prophets, whom he sent unto them, and by whom he spoke, as the Targum paraphrases it, and as it is in Jeremiah 7:25 , which shows the Lord's... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 7:14

Therefore will I do unto this house, which is called by my name ,.... The temple, as in Jeremiah 7:11 , for though it was called by his name, and his name was called upon in it, yet this could not secure it from desolation; for so the name of the Lord was set in the tabernacle at Shiloh, and yet he forsook it through the wickedness of the people: wherein ye trust ; they trusted in the sacrifices there offered up, and the service there performed; in the holiness of the place, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 7:15

And I will cast you out of my sight ,.... Or, "from before my face", or "faces" F14 מעל פני "desuper faciebus meis", Montanus; "a faciebus meis" Schmidt. ; out of the land of Judea, and cause them to go into captivity; and so the Targum paraphrases it, "I will cause you to remove out of the land of the house of my majesty:' as I have cast out all your brethren, even the whole seed of Ephraim ; or Israel, as the Targum; that is, the ten tribes so called, because Ephraim, a... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 7:9

Will ye steal, murder - Will you continue to commit such abominations, and pretend to worship me; and thus defile the place that is called by my name; and so make my house a den of robbers? I have seen this, - and can you expect to escape condign punishment? Ye shall not escape. read more

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