Jeremiah 7:3

Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, says this: Make your ways and practices good, and I will let you continue to live in this place.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2“Stand at the gate of Yahweh's house and proclaim this word! Say, 'Hear the word of Yahweh, all you of Judah, you who enter these gates to worship Yahweh.

4Do not entrust yourself to deceitful words and say, “Temple of Yahweh! Temple of Yahweh! Temple of Yahweh!”

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Cross References

Ezra 10:11But now give praise to Yahweh, your ancestors' God, and do his will. Separate from the people of the land and from the foreign women.”

Isaiah 1:16Wash, cleanse yourselves; 1 remove the evil of your deeds from my sight; 1 stop being evil; 1

Isaiah 55:7Let the wicked leave his path, and the man of sin his thoughts. 1 Let him return to Yahweh, and he will pity him, and to our God, who will abundantly forgive him. 1

Jeremiah 7:5For if you actually make your ways and practices good; if you completely execute justice between a man and his neighbor—

Jeremiah 18:11So now, speak to the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and say, 'Yahweh says this: See, I am about to form disaster against you. I am about to devise a plan against you. Repent, each person from his wicked way, so your ways and your practices will bring good to you.'

Jeremiah 35:15I sent out to you all my servants, the prophets. I was persistent in sending them to say, 'Let each person turn from his wicked way and do good deeds; let no one walk any longer after other gods and worship them. Instead, come back to the land that I gave to you and your ancestors.' Yet you will not listen to me or pay attention to me.

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 →

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