Jeremiah 7:21

Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel says this, 'Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices and the meat from them.

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In The King James Version

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh.

In Context

20Therefore the Lord Yahweh says this, 'See, my anger and wrath will gush out onto this place, on both man and beast, on the tree in the fields and the fruit on the ground. It will burn and never be extinguished.'

22For when I brought your ancestors out from the land of Egypt, I did not require anything from them. I gave them no command about matters of burnt offerings and sacrifices.

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Cross References

Psalms 50:8I will not reprove you for your sacrifices; 1 your burnt offerings are always before me. 1

Jeremiah 6:20“What does this frankincense going up from Sheba mean to me? Or these sweet smells from a distant land? 1 Your burnt offerings are not acceptable to me, nor are your sacrifices. 1

Amos 5:21“I hate, I despise your festivals, 1 I take no delight in your solemn assemblies. 1

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 7:17-21

Punishment Predicted. ( b. c. 606.) 16 Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear thee. 17 Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? 18 The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger. 19 Do they provoke me to anger?… Read the whole commentary →

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