Jeremiah 7:6

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

4Do not trust in deceptive words and say ‘The Temple of Adonai, the Temple of Adonai, the Temple of Adonai!’ 5“No, if you truly mend your ways and your deeds—if you are doing justice between a man and his neighbor, not oppressing the sojourner, orphan and widow nor shedding innocent blood in this place, nor going after other gods to your own ruin— 7then I will let you dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever. 8Look, you are trusting in deceptive words that are empty.

Jeremiah 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 22:3Thus says Adonai: ‘Execute justice and righteousness. Rescue the one who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor. Do not mistreat or do violence to the stranger, the fatherless or the widow. Do not shed innocent blood in this place.
• Exodus 22:21“You must not mistreat any widow or orphan.
• Deuteronomy 24:17You are not to twist justice for an outsider or orphan, and you are not to take as collateral a widow’s clothing.
• Deuteronomy 27:19‘Cursed is the one who twists justice for the outsider, orphan and widow.’ Then all the people are to say, ‘Amen.’
• Job 31:13“If I have denied justice to my male or female servant when they disputed with me,
• Psalms 83:2God, do not keep silent. Do not hold Your peace, O God. Do not be still.
• Zechariah 7:9“Thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot: ‘Administer true judgment and practice mercy and compassion each to his brother.
• Malachi 3:5“Then I will draw near to you in judgment, and I will be a swift witness against sorcerers, adulterers, perjurers those who extort a worker’s wage, or oppress the widow or an orphan, those who mislead a stranger. They do not fear Me,” says Adonai-Tzva’ot.
• James 1:27Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
• Jeremiah 2:30“In vain I struck your children. They took no correction. Your sword devoured your prophets like a ravaging lion.”
• Jeremiah 22:17“But your eyes and your heart are only on your unjust gain, and on shedding innocent blood, and committing extortion and fraud.”
• Jeremiah 26:15Only know for certain that, if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood on yourselves, on this city, and on its inhabitants. For in truth Adonai has sent me to you to speak all these words in your ears.”
• 2 Kings 21:6He also made his son pass through the fire, practiced soothsaying and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in Adonai’s eyes to provoke Him.
• 2 Kings 24:4and also because of the innocent blood that he had shed—for he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood that Adonai was not willing to pardon.
• Psalms 106:38They shed innocent blood—the blood of their sons and their daughters, sacrificed to the idols of Canaan. So the land was desecrated with blood.
• Isaiah 59:7Their feet run after evil. They rush to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity. Violence and ruin are on their highways.

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

Topics related to Jeremiah 7:6

• Aliens
• Blessing
• Condescension of God
• Orphan
• Widow

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• Covenant, the New
• Exodus, the Book of
• Fatherless
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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