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 ye thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye thoroughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour; 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 harm: Then 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. 9Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;

Jeremiah 7:7 word by word

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

• dwellשָׁכַןshâkan · to dwellH7931
• placeמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725
• landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• gaveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1
• forעַד‛ad · tillH5704
• everעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: antiquityH5769
• everעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: enduringH5769

Cross-references for Jeremiah 7:7

• Jeremiah 17:20And say to them, Hear ye the word of the LORD, ye kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter by these gates:
• Jeremiah 18:7At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it ;
• Jeremiah 25:5They said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD hath given to you and to your fathers for ever and ever:
• Jeremiah 3:18In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together from the land of the north to the land that I have given for an inheritance to your fathers.
• Deuteronomy 4:40Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may be well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever.
• 2 Chronicles 33:8Neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from the land which I have appointed for your fathers; provided they will take heed to do all that I have commanded them, according to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of 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
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• Covenant, the New
• Exodus, the Book of
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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