Revised Literal Translation
Jeremiah 7:6
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:
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
4Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of Yhwh, The temple of Yhwh, The temple of Yhwh, are these. 5For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour; 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: 7Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever. 8Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.
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גֵּ֣ר יָת֤וֹם וְאַלְמָנָה֙ לֹ֣א תַֽעֲשֹׁ֔קוּ וְדָ֣ם נָקִ֔י אַֽל־תִּשְׁפְּכ֖וּ בַּמָּק֣וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה וְאַחֲרֵ֨י אֱלֹהִ֧ים אֲחֵרִ֛ים לֹ֥א תֵלְכ֖וּ לְרַ֥ע לָכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
- 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 22:3Thus saith Yhwh; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.
- Exodus 22:21Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
- Deuteronomy 24:17Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge:
- Deuteronomy 27:19Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- Job 31:13If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
- Psalms 83:2For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.
- Zechariah 7:9Thus speaketh Yhwh of Armies, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother:
- Malachi 3:5And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith Yhwh of Armies.
- James 1:27Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
- Jeremiah 2:30In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
- Jeremiah 22:17But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.
- Jeremiah 26:15But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof: for of a truth Yhwh hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears.
- 2 Kings 21:6And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of Yhwh, to provoke him to anger.
- 2 Kings 24:4And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which Yhwh would not pardon.
- Psalms 106:38And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood.
- Isaiah 59:7Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.
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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