Jeremiah 7:1 - Forerunner Commentary

Jeremiah 7:1

Trusting in Lying Words

1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,

2 ^a“Stand in the gate of the Lord’s house, and proclaim there this word, and say, ‘Hear the word of the Lord, all you of Judah who enter in at these gates to worship the Lord!’ ”

3 Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: ^a“Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.

4 ^aDo not trust in these lying words, saying, ‘The temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord are these.’

5 “For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, if you thoroughly ^aexecute judgment between a man and his neighbor,

6 if you do not oppress the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, ^aor walk after other gods to your hurt,

Verse Comparison: Jeremiah 7:1

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American Standard Version
The word that came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,

Amplified® Bible
THE WORD that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,

Contemporary English Version
The LORD told me to stand by the gate of the temple and to tell the people who were going in that the LORD All-Powerful, the God of Israel, had said: Pay attention, people of Judah! Change your ways and start living right, then I will let you keep on living in your own country.

Darby English Version
The word that came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,

Good News Bible
The LORD sent me to the gate of the Temple where the people of Judah went in to worship. He told me to stand there and announce what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, had to say to them: "Change the way you are living and the things you are doing, and I will let you go on living here.

King James Version
The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

New American Standard Bible
The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

New International Version
This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD :

New King James Version
The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

Revised Standard Version
The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD:

Young's Literal Translation
The word that hath been unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,

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