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Jeremiah 7:6
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.
Jeremiah 7:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)If 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:
- New International Version (NIV)if you do not oppress the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow and do not shed innocent blood in this place, and if you do not follow other gods to your own harm,
- English Standard Version (ESV)if you do not oppress the sojourner, the fatherless, or the widow, or shed innocent blood in this place, and if you do not go after other gods to your own harm,
- New King James Version (NKJV)if you do not oppress the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, or walk after other gods to your hurt,
Context of Jeremiah 7:6
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. 5You must change the way that you have been living. You must do what is right. Be fair to each other. Do 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. 8But look at how you live now! You believe in lies that cannot save you.
Read all of Jeremiah 7Jeremiah 7:6 word by word
גֵּ֣ר יָת֤וֹם וְאַלְמָנָה֙ לֹ֣א תַֽעֲשֹׁ֔קוּ וְדָ֣ם נָקִ֔י אַֽל־תִּשְׁפְּכ֖וּ בַּמָּק֣וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה וְאַחֲרֵ֨י אֱלֹהִ֧ים אֲחֵרִ֛ים לֹ֥א תֵלְכ֖וּ לְרַ֥ע לָכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- ye oppressעָשַׁק‛âshaq · to oppressH6231
- not the strangerגֵּרgêr gêyr · sojournerH1616
- the fatherlessיָתוֹםyâthôm · orphanH3490
- and the widowאַלְמָנָה'almânâh · widowH490
- and shedשָׁפַךְshâphak · to pour: killH8210
- not innocentנָקִיnâqîy nâqîy' · innocentH5355
- bloodדָּםdâm · bloodH1818
- in this placeמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725
- neither walkיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
- afterאַחַר'achar · afterH310
- otherאַחֵר'achêr · anotherH312
- godsאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
- to your hurtרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: evilH7451
Cross-references for Jeremiah 7:6
- Jeremiah 22:3The Lord says: You must do things that are right and fair. Punish those who rob other people. Help the people that they have hurt. Do not be cruel to foreigners who are living among you. Do not cheat them. Do not hurt or cheat widows, or children who have no family. Stop killing people who have not done anything wrong.
- Exodus 22:21Never be cruel to a foreign person or give them trouble. Remember that you yourselves lived in Egypt as foreigners.
- Deuteronomy 24:17Remember to be completely fair to foreigners and to children who have no family. If you lend money to a widow, do not take her coat as a guarantee.
- Deuteronomy 27:19‘God will curse anyone who stops foreigners, widows or children who have no family from receiving justice.’ Then all the people will say, ‘Yes, we agree!’
- Job 31:13When my servants complain against me, I have always been fair to them.
- Psalms 83:2Look! Your enemies are causing trouble. The people who hate you are ready to attack.
- Zechariah 7:9‘The Lord Almighty has said, “Be sure that you are fair to all people. Be kind to each other.
- Malachi 3:5At that time, I will come among you as your judge. I will speak clearly against those who have done wrong things. I will punish the magicians, the adulterers and those who tell lies against other people. I will punish those people who are cruel to their workers, or they deceive widows or children who have no family. And I will punish those who do not help foreigners who live among them. People who do those things show that they do not respect me.’ That is what the Lord Almighty says.
- James 1:27If you want to serve God in a completely good way, do things like this: Help children who have no parents and women who are widows. Help them in their troubles. If you serve God our Father like that, he will be pleased with you. Do not let the bad people in this world make you bad too.
- Jeremiah 2:30‘When I punished your people, they did not change how they lived. When I sent my prophets to you, you killed them as if you were a hungry lion.’
- Jeremiah 22:17‘But you always want to cheat people, so that you can get more riches for yourself. You make plans to kill people who have not done anything wrong. You hurt people in cruel ways.’
- Jeremiah 26:15But you should know this: If you punish me with death, you will bring great trouble on yourselves, this city, and everyone who lives here. You will be guilty of murder, because I have not done anything wrong. The Lord has sent me to speak all these words for you to hear. That is the truth!’
- 2 Kings 21:6He burnt his own son with fire as a sacrifice. He used magic and false gods to find out what would happen in the future. He took advice from magicians and people who talked to the spirits of dead people. He did many things that the Lord said were very evil. This made the Lord very angry.
- 2 Kings 24:4Manasseh had murdered people who had not done anything wrong. Their blood was in the streets of Jerusalem. The Lord would not agree to forgive Manasseh for his sins.
- Psalms 106:38Their sons and their daughters did not deserve to die, but they killed them as sacrifices for the idols of Canaan. Those murders made the land unclean.
- Isaiah 59:7They rush to do evil things. They hurry to kill people who have not done anything wrong. They think only about sin. They only want to be cruel and to hurt people.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 7:6
- 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. 66. this place--this city and land (Jr 7:7). to your hurt--so Jr 7:19; "to the confusion or their own faces" (Jr 13:10; Pr 8:36).Read the comment
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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
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