Jeremiah 7:23 - Forerunner Commentary

Jeremiah 7:23

21 Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: ^a“Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices and eat meat.

22 ^aFor I did not speak to your fathers, or command them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices.

23 But this is what I commanded them, saying, ^a‘Obey My voice, and ^bI will be your God, and you shall be My people. And walk in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well with you.’

24 ^aYet they did not obey or incline their ear, but ^bfollowed the counsels and the dictates of their evil hearts, and ^cwent backward and not forward.

25 Since the day that your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have even ^asent to you all My servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them.

26 ^aYet they did not obey Me or incline their ear, but ^bstiffened their neck. ^cThey did worse than their fathers.

Verse Comparison: Jeremiah 7:23

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American Standard Version
but this thing I commanded them, saying, Hearken unto my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people; and walk ye in all the way that I command you, that it may be well with you.

Amplified® Bible
But this thing I did command them: Listen to {and} obey My voice, and I will be your God and you will be My people; and walk in the whole way that I command you, that it may be well with you.

Contemporary English Version
Instead, I told them, "If you listen to me and do what I tell you, I will be your God, you will be my people, and all will go well for you."

Darby English Version
but I commanded them this thing, saying, Hearken unto my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people; and walk in all the way that I command you, that it may be well with you.

Good News Bible
But I did command them to obey me, so that I would be their God and they would be my people. And I told them to live the way I had commanded them, so that things would go well for them.

King James Version
But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.

New American Standard Bible
"But this is what I commanded them, saying, `Obey My voice, and I will be your God, and you will be My people; and you will walk in all the way which I command you, that it may be well with you.'

New International Version
but I gave them this command: Obey me, and I will be your God and you will be my people. Walk in all the ways I command you, that it may go well with you.

New King James Version
But this is what I commanded them, saying, "Obey My voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be My people. And walk in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well with you."

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"But this I commanded them, saying, ' Obey My voice, and I will serve as your God, and you will become My people; and you will walk in all the way which I command you, that it may go well with you.'

Revised Standard Version
But this command I gave them, 'Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be my people; and walk in all the way that I command you, that it may be well with you.'

Young's Literal Translation
But this thing I commanded them, saying: Hearken to My voice, And I have been to you for God, And ye -- ye are to Me for a people, And have walked in all the way that I command you, So that it is well for you.

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