Jeremiah 7:7

Jeremiah 7:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever.
• New International Version (NIV)then I will let you live in this place, in the land I gave your ancestors for ever and ever.
• English Standard Version (ESV)then I will let you dwell in this place, in the land that I gave of old to your fathers forever.
• New King James Version (NKJV)then I will cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever.

Context of Jeremiah 7:7

5For if you thoroughly change your ways and your behavior, if you thoroughly and honestly practice justice between a man and his neighbor, 6if you do not oppress the transient and the foreigner, the orphan, or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood [by oppression and by unjust judicial murders] in Jerusalem, nor follow after other gods to your own ruin, then I will let you live in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers [to live in] forever and ever. 8“Behold, you are trusting in deceptive and useless words that bring no benefit. 9Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear [oaths] falsely, offer sacrifices or burn incense to Baal, and follow after other gods that you have not known,

Jeremiah 7:7 word by word

וְשִׁכַּנְתִּ֤י אֶתְכֶם֙ בַּמָּק֣וֹם הַזֶּ֔ה בָּאָ֕רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָתַ֖תִּי לַאֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם לְמִן־עוֹלָ֖ם וְעַד־עוֹלָֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then will I cause you to dwellשָׁכַןshâkan · to dwellH7931
• in this placeמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725
• in the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• that I gaveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• to your fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1
• forעַד‛ad · tillH5704
• everעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: antiquityH5769
• and everעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: enduringH5769

Cross-references for Jeremiah 7:7

• Jeremiah 17:20and say to them, ‘Listen to the word of the Lord, kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the people of Jerusalem who enter through these gates.
• Jeremiah 18:7At one moment I might [suddenly] speak concerning a nation or kingdom, that I will uproot and break down and destroy;
• Jeremiah 25:5saying, ‘Turn now everyone from his evil way and the evil of your actions [that you may not forfeit the right to] live in the land that the Lord has given to you and your forefathers forever and ever;
• Jeremiah 3:18In those days the house of Judah will walk with the house of Israel, and they will come together from the land of the north to the land that I gave your fathers as an inheritance.
• Deuteronomy 4:40So you shall keep His statutes and His commandments which I am commanding you today, so that it may go well with you and with your children after you, and so that you may live long on the land which the Lord your God is giving you for all time.”
• 2 Chronicles 33:8and I will not again remove Israel from the land which I appointed for your fathers, if they will only be careful to do everything that I have commanded them in regard to all the law, the statutes, and the ordinances given through Moses.”

Commentaries on Jeremiah 7:7

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5-7Verses 5-7 A summary of the conditions indispensable on man‘s part, before he can plead the terms of the covenant in his favor. Jeremiah 7:6 In this place - i. e., in Jerusalem. The prophet refers to innocent blood shed there judicially. Of one such judicial murder Jehoiakim had already been guilty Jeremiah 26:23. Jeremiah 7:7 Why then do not the Jews still possess a land thus eternally given them? Because God never bestows anything unconditionally. The…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-7Idol worship harmed the people in several ways. Spiritually, idols were illusions. Socially, idol worship ruined their community bonds. Politically, it made them overconfident against foreign armies. Without change, they had no future in the Promised Land (Exodus 22:21–24; Deuteronomy 4:40; 6:14–15).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. The apodosis to the "if ... if" (Jr 7:5, 6). to dwell--to continue to dwell. for ever and ever--joined with "to dwell," not with the words "gave to your fathers" (compare Jr 3:18; De 4:40).Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 7:7

• Blessing
• Condescension of God
• Integrity
• Orphan
• Repentance
• Widow

In the dictionaries

• Mirth
• Reject
• Covenant, the New
• Exodus, the Book of
• Jeremiah (2)

Commentaries on Jeremiah 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings