Jeremiah 7:22

Jeremiah 7:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For 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:
• New International Version (NIV)For when I brought your ancestors out of Egypt and spoke to them, I did not just give them commands about burnt offerings and sacrifices,
• English Standard Version (ESV)For in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, I did not speak to your fathers or command them concerning burnt offerings and sacrifices.
• New Living Translation (NLT)When I led your ancestors out of Egypt, it was not burnt offerings and sacrifices I wanted from them.

Context of Jeremiah 7:22

20Therefore thus says the Lord God: “Behold, My anger and My fury will be poured out on this place—on man and on beast, on the trees of the field and on the fruit of the ground. And it will burn and not be quenched.” 21Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices and eat meat. For I did not speak to your fathers, or command them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices. 23But this is what I commanded them, saying, ‘Obey My voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be My people. And walk in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well with you.’ 24Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but followed the counsels and the dictates of their evil hearts, and went backward and not forward.

Jeremiah 7:22 word by word

כִּ֠י לֹֽא־דִבַּ֤רְתִּי אֶת־אֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶם֙ וְלֹ֣א צִוִּיתִ֔ים בְּי֛וֹם הוֹצִיאִ֥י אוֹתָ֖ם מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם עַל־דִּבְרֵ֥י עוֹלָ֖ה וָזָֽבַח׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For I spakeדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• not unto your fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1
• nor commandedצָוָהtsâvâh · to commandH6680
• them in the dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• that I brought them outיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: sendH3318
• of the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• of Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714
• concerningדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• burnt offeringsעֹלָה‛ôlâh ‛ôlâh · burnt offeringH5930
• or sacrificesזֶ֫בַחzebach · sacrificeH2077

Cross-references for Jeremiah 7:22

• 1 Samuel 15:22So Samuel said: “Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, As in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, And to heed than the fat of rams.
• Psalms 40:6Sacrifice and offering You did not desire; My ears You have opened. Burnt offering and sin offering You did not require.
• Psalms 50:8I will not rebuke you for your sacrifices Or your burnt offerings, Which are continually before Me.
• Psalms 51:16For You do not desire sacrifice, or else I would give it; You do not delight in burnt offering.
• Hosea 6:6For I desire mercy and not sacrifice, And the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
• Matthew 9:13But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”
• Mark 12:33And to love Him with all the heart, with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love one’s neighbor as oneself, is more than all the whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

Commentaries on Jeremiah 7:22

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-28Verses 21-28 God shows that obedience was required of them. That which God commanded was, Hearken diligently to the voice of the Lord thy God. The promise is very encouraging. Let God's will be your rule, and his favour shall be your happiness. God was displeased with disobedience. We understand the gospel as little as the Jews understood the law, if we think that even the sacrifice of Christ lessens our obligation to obey.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20-23The people's offerings and sacrifices meant nothing to the Lord if they were disobedient. Their sacrifices could not force God to act against His will. Instead, these offerings showed the people's trust in God's forgiveness. When people tried to use sacrifices to manipulate God while living selfishly, it only angered Him (Isaiah 1:10216; Amos 5:21–27). Obeying God allows for a personal relationship with Him, which is the foundation for a bright future…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2222. Not contradicting the divine obligation of the legal sacrifices. But, "I did not require sacrifices, unless combined with moral obedience" (Psa 50:8; 51:16, 17). The superior claim of the moral above the positive precepts of the law was marked by the ten commandments having been delivered first, and by the two tables of stone being deposited alone in the ark (De 5:6). The negative in Hebrew often supplies the want of the comparative: not excluding the…Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 7:22

• Backsliders
• Condescension of God
• Impenitence
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Offerings

In the dictionaries

• Egypt
• Egypt, Egyptian
• Mirth
• Pentateuch
• Reject
• Covenant, the New
• Criticism
• Criticism of the Bible
• Exodus, the Book of
• High Place

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