Jeremiah 7
King James Version · 34 verses · 993 cross-references linking it to 329 other chapters
Explore Jeremiah 7 in the interactive map- 1The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,
- 2Stand 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.47 cross-references: Jeremiah 26:2, Jeremiah 22:1–2, Amos 7:16, Isaiah 1:10, Ezekiel 2:4–5
- 3Thus 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.28 cross-references: Jeremiah 18:11, Jeremiah 26:13, Proverbs 28:13, Isaiah 55:7, Ezekiel 18:30–31
- 4Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord, are these.43 cross-references: Micah 3:11, Zephaniah 3:11, Ezekiel 13:19, Jeremiah 29:31, Matthew 3:9–10
- 5For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour;19 cross-references: Jeremiah 7:3, Isaiah 1:19, 1 Kings 6:12–13, Jeremiah 4:1–2, Jeremiah 22:3
- 6If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:54 cross-references: Deuteronomy 8:19, Exodus 22:21–24, Jeremiah 13:10, Deuteronomy 11:28, Zechariah 7:9–12
- 7Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever.9 cross-references: Deuteronomy 4:40, Jeremiah 18:7–8, Jeremiah 25:5, Jeremiah 3:18, 2 Chronicles 33:8
- 8Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.33 cross-references: Isaiah 28:15, Ezekiel 13:6–16, Isaiah 30:10, Jeremiah 14:13–14, Jeremiah 23:14–16
- 9Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;73 cross-references: Exodus 20:3, Jeremiah 7:6, Jeremiah 11:17, James 4:1–4, Jeremiah 11:13
- 10And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations?31 cross-references: Jeremiah 32:34, Ezekiel 23:39, Jeremiah 7:30, Jeremiah 7:11, Jeremiah 7:14
- 11Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the Lord.23 cross-references: Luke 19:45–46, Isaiah 56:7, Matthew 21:13, Mark 11:17, 2 Chronicles 6:33
- 12But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.29 cross-references: 1 Samuel 4:10–11, Joshua 18:1, Jeremiah 26:6, Psalms 78:60–64, 1 Samuel 4:22
- 13And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the Lord, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not;36 cross-references: Isaiah 65:12, Jeremiah 7:25, 2 Chronicles 36:15–16, Proverbs 1:24, Isaiah 50:2
- 14Therefore will I do unto this house, which is called by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.35 cross-references: Jeremiah 7:4, Deuteronomy 28:52, Jeremiah 7:10, Psalms 78:60, 2 Kings 25:9
- 15And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your brethren, even the whole seed of Ephraim.20 cross-references: Jeremiah 15:1, 2 Kings 17:23, Jeremiah 52:3, Hosea 13:16, Hosea 9:16–17
- 16Therefore 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.21 cross-references: Jeremiah 11:14, Jeremiah 15:1, Jeremiah 14:11–12, Exodus 32:10, Jeremiah 18:20
- 17Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?7 cross-references: Ezekiel 8:6–18, Ezekiel 14:23, Jeremiah 6:27
- 18The 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.35 cross-references: Jeremiah 19:13, Jeremiah 44:17–19, 1 Corinthians 10:22, 1 Kings 14:9, Jeremiah 25:7
- 19Do they provoke me to anger? saith the Lord: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces?19 cross-references: 1 Corinthians 10:22, Jeremiah 20:11, Ezekiel 8:17–18, Jeremiah 2:19, Jeremiah 9:19
- 20Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.54 cross-references: Jeremiah 42:18, Isaiah 42:25, Jeremiah 17:27, Lamentations 2:3–5, Lamentations 4:11
- 21Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh.22 cross-references: Hosea 8:13, Jeremiah 6:20, Isaiah 1:11–15, Amos 5:21–23
- 22For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:22 cross-references: Hosea 6:6, 1 Samuel 15:22, Psalms 51:16–17, Matthew 9:13, Psalms 40:6
- 23But 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.46 cross-references: Exodus 15:26, Deuteronomy 5:33, Exodus 19:5–6, Jeremiah 42:6, Hebrews 5:9
- 24But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.48 cross-references: Psalms 81:11–12, Jeremiah 8:5, Jeremiah 7:26, Deuteronomy 29:19, Jeremiah 32:33
- 25Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day I have even sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them:29 cross-references: Jeremiah 25:4, 2 Chronicles 36:15, Ezekiel 2:3, Jeremiah 7:13, Nehemiah 9:26
- 26Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.43 cross-references: Jeremiah 16:12, 2 Chronicles 30:8, Jeremiah 19:15, Matthew 23:32, Jeremiah 7:24
- 27Therefore thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they will not hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but they will not answer thee.13 cross-references: Isaiah 50:2, Zechariah 7:13, Jeremiah 1:7, Isaiah 65:12, Jeremiah 26:2
- 28But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation that obeyeth not the voice of the Lord their God, nor receiveth correction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.23 cross-references: Isaiah 59:14–15, Isaiah 1:4–5, Proverbs 1:7, Zephaniah 3:2, Jeremiah 32:33
- 29Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on high places; for the Lord hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.31 cross-references: Job 1:20, Micah 1:16, Jeremiah 6:30, Jeremiah 16:6, Jeremiah 48:37
- 30For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith the Lord: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to pollute it.20 cross-references: Ezekiel 7:20, Jeremiah 32:34, Daniel 9:27, 2 Kings 21:7, 2 Kings 21:4
- 31And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.42 cross-references: 2 Kings 23:10, 2 Kings 17:17, Leviticus 18:21, Jeremiah 32:35, 2 Chronicles 33:6
- 32Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that it shall no more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of slaughter: for they shall bury in Tophet, till there be no place.11 cross-references: Jeremiah 19:11, Jeremiah 19:6, 2 Kings 23:10, Jeremiah 7:31, Jeremiah 19:13
- 33And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray them away.27 cross-references: Deuteronomy 28:26, Jeremiah 12:9, Revelation 19:17–18, Jeremiah 8:1–2, Jeremiah 22:19
- 34Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be desolate.32 cross-references: Revelation 18:23, Hosea 2:11, Ezekiel 26:13, Jeremiah 25:10, Leviticus 26:33
Explained connections
- A den of robbers
In his temple sermon Jeremiah accused Judah of treating the temple as a hideout where wrongdoers felt safe, and warned of its destruction. Jesus' combined quotation implies a similar warning for Herod's temple.
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People in Jeremiah 7
Places in Jeremiah 7
Shiloh, Jerusalem, Egypt, Topheth, Valley of the Son of Hinnom, Valley of Slaughter
Hard questions about Jeremiah 7
- Did God command burnt offerings and sacrifices, or did he not want them?
- Should we pray for everyone?