Jeremiah 7:5

Jeremiah 7:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour;
• New International Version (NIV)If you really change your ways and your actions and deal with each other justly,
• English Standard Version (ESV)"For if you truly amend your ways and your deeds, if you truly execute justice one with another,
• New King James Version (NKJV)“For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, if you thoroughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbor,

Context of Jeremiah 7:5

3This is what the Lord Almighty, Israel's God, says: Change the way that you live. Do things that are right. If you change, I will let you continue to live here. 4People may say, ‘We are safe here! This is the temple of the Lord. It is the temple of the Lord!’ But the people who say that are deceiving you. Do not trust them. You must change the way that you have been living. You must do what is right. Be fair to each other. 6Do not be cruel to foreigners who are living among you. Do not be cruel to widows, or to children who have no family. You must stop murdering people. You must stop worshipping other gods. If you live like that, it will destroy you. 7If you change how you live, I will let you live in this place. It is the land that I gave to your ancestors, to be their home for ever.

Jeremiah 7:5 word by word

כִּ֤י אִם־הֵיטֵיב֙ תֵּיטִ֔יבוּ אֶת־דַּרְכֵיכֶ֖ם וְאֶת־מַֽעַלְלֵיכֶ֑ם אִם־עָשׂ֤וֹ תַֽעֲשׂוּ֙ מִשְׁפָּ֔ט בֵּ֥ין אִ֖ישׁ וּבֵ֥ין רֵעֵֽהוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For if ye throughlyיָטַבyâţab · be goodH3190
• your waysדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: conductH1870
• and your doingsמַעֲלָלma‛ălâl · deedH4611
• if ye throughlyעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• judgmentמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justiceH4941
• between a manאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
• and his neighbourרֵעַrêa‛ rêya‛ · neighborH7453

Cross-references for Jeremiah 7:5

• Jeremiah 7:3This is what the Lord Almighty, Israel's God, says: Change the way that you live. Do things that are right. If you change, I will let you continue to live here.
• Jeremiah 4:1The Lord says this: ‘People of Israel, you should return to me. If you want to do that, you must throw away your idols. Remove those disgusting things and do not turn away from me again.
• Isaiah 1:19I will forgive you if you agree to obey me. If you are ready to do that, you will again eat plenty of good food from the land.
• Judges 5:1On that day Deborah sang this song, with Abinoam's son Barak:
• Judges 21:12The Israelite army attacked Jabesh Gilead. They found 400 young women who had not had sex with anyone. They took the women back to their camp at Shiloh in Canaan.
• 1 Kings 6:12‘I will make my home in this temple that you are building. I will do everything for you that I promised to your father David. But you must obey my laws, rules and commands.
• Isaiah 16:3The Moabites say, ‘Tell us what we should do! Help us in our troubles! Give us some shade in the middle of the day! Hide the people who are escaping! Our enemies are chasing us. Do not let them find us.
• Ezekiel 18:8He does not lend money to someone and then ask to receive more money back. He refuses to do anything that is wrong. He helps people in a way that is right and fair.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 7:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5If ye throughly amend your ways - Literally, If in making good ye fully make good your ways. God will no longer admit of half-hearted work. Semblances of piety cannot deceive him; he will not accept partial reformation; there must be a thorough amendment.Read the comment
• 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. 55. For--"But" [Maurer]. judgment--justice (Jr 22:3).Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 7:5

• Blessing
• Condescension of God
• Integrity
• Repentance

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