Jeremiah 7:6
if you stop mistreating foreigners and orphans and widows, and if you stop murdering innocent people and stop hurting yourselves by worshiping other gods,
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5If you sincerely change your ways and do what's right, if you treat each other fairly,
7then I'll let you go on living here in the country that I gave to your forefathers forever and ever.
Cross References
Exodus 22:21You must not exploit or mistreat a foreigner. Remember that you yourselves were once foreigners in Egypt.
Deuteronomy 6:14Don't worship any other gods, the gods of the peoples around you,
Deuteronomy 11:28But you will receive a curse if you disobey the commandments of the Lord your God and don't keep to the path I'm ordering you to follow today by worshiping some other unknown gods.
Deuteronomy 27:19“A curse on anyone who doesn't treat foreigners, the orphans, and widows fairly!” Everyone says “Amen!”
2 Kings 24:4filling Jerusalem with their blood. The Lord was not willing to forgive this.
Psalms 82:3Defend the poor and orphans; support the rights of those who are oppressed and suffering.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 7:2-16
A Call of Repentance. ( b. c. 606.) 1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord , saying, 2 Stand in the gate of the Lord 's house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of the Lord , all ye of Judah, that enter in at these gates to worship the Lord . 3 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place. 4 Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the Lord , The temple of the Lord , The temple of the Lord , are… Read the whole commentary →