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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/7.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/jeremiah/7.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Reform your ways and your actions, and I will let you live in this place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/7.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: “‘Even now, if you quit your evil ways, I will let you stay in your own land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/7.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Amend your ways and your deeds, and I will let you dwell in this place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/7.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Thus says the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel: Correct your ways and deeds, and I will let you live in this place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/7.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/7.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: “Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/7.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />This is what the LORD of armies, the God of Israel says: “Amend your ways and your deeds, and I will let you live in this place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/7.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, &#8220Amend your ways and your deeds, and I will let you dwell in this place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/7.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, “Amend your ways and your deeds, and I will let you dwell in this place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/7.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, “Make your ways and your deeds good, and I will let you dwell in this place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/7.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, “Change your ways and your behavior, and I will let you live in this place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/7.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“ ‘This is what the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says: Correct your ways and your actions, and I will allow you to live in this place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/7.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />&#8220This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Correct your ways and your deeds, and I will allow you to live in this place. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/7.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/7.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/7.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />This is what the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says: Change the way you live and act, and I will let you live in this place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/7.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel, says: "Change your ways and your deeds, and I'll let you live in this place. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/7.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Thus says the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel: Correct your ways and deeds, and I will let you live in this place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/7.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The LORD God of Israel who rules over all says: Change the way you have been living and do what is right. If you do, I will allow you to continue to live in this land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/7.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/7.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/7.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel says, “Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/7.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Thus said YHWH of Hosts, God of Israel: “Amend your ways, and your doings, "" And I cause you to dwell in this place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/7.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, Amend your ways, and your doings, And I cause you to dwell in this place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/7.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Thus said Jehovah of armies, God of Israel, Make good your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/7.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Make your ways and your doings good: and I will dwell with you in this place. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/7.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Make your ways and your intentions good, and I will live with you in this place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/7.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Reform your ways and your deeds so that I may dwell with you in this place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/7.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Amend your ways and your doings, and let me dwell with you in this place.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/7.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/7.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Thus says LORD JEHOVAH of Hosts, God of Israel: “Amend your paths and your works, and I shall make you dwell in this place<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/7.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/7.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Correct your ways and your devices, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/7-3.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=2101" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/7.htm">Jeremiah's Message at the Temple Gate</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">2</span>“Stand in the gate of the house of the LORD and proclaim this message: Hear the word of the LORD, all you people of Judah who enter through these gates to worship the LORD. <span class="reftext">3</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3541.htm" title="3541: kōh- (Adv) -- Thus, here. From the prefix k and huw'; properly, like this, i.e. By implication, thus; also here; or now.">Thus</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’ā·mar (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">says</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/6635.htm" title="6635: ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ (N-cp) -- Or tsbadah; from tsaba'; a mass of persons, especially reg. Organized for war; by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively.">of Hosts,</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hê (N-mpc) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">the God</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">of Israel:</a> <a href="/hebrew/3190.htm" title="3190: hê·ṭî·ḇū (V-Hifil-Imp-mp) -- To be good, well, glad, or pleasing. A primitive root; to be make well, literally or figuratively.">Correct</a> <a href="/hebrew/1870.htm" title="1870: ḏar·ḵê·ḵem (N-cpc:: 2mp) -- Way, road, distance, journey, manner. From darak; a road; figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb.">your ways</a> <a href="/hebrew/4611.htm" title="4611: ū·ma·‘al·lê·ḵem (Conj-w:: N-mpc:: 2mp) -- A deed, practice. From alal; an act.">and deeds,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7931.htm" title="7931: wa·’ă·šak·kə·nāh (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjImperf.Cohort-1cs) -- A primitive root (by transmission) to shakab through the idea of lodging; compare cikluwth, shakam); to reside or permanently stay.">and I will let you live</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ·ḵem (DirObjM:: 2mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: haz·zeh (Art:: Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that.">in this</a> <a href="/hebrew/4725.htm" title="4725: bam·mā·qō·wm (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Or maqom; also mqowmah; or mqomah; from quwm; properly, a standing, i.e. A spot; but used widely of a locality; also of a condition.">place.</a> </span><span class="reftext">4</span>Do not trust in deceptive words, chanting: ‘This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.’…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/7-14.htm">2 Chronicles 7:14</a></span><br />and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-16.htm">Isaiah 1:16-17</a></span><br />Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil! / Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/18-30.htm">Ezekiel 18:30-31</a></span><br />Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that your iniquity will not become your downfall. / Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/6-8.htm">Micah 6:8</a></span><br />He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/1-3.htm">Zechariah 1:3-4</a></span><br />So tell the people that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Return to Me, declares the LORD of Hosts, and I will return to you, says the LORD of Hosts.’ / Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Turn now from your evil ways and deeds.’ But they did not listen or pay attention to Me, declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/3-8.htm">Matthew 3:8</a></span><br />Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/3-8.htm">Luke 3:8</a></span><br />Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/3-19.htm">Acts 3:19</a></span><br />Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/12-2.htm">Romans 12:2</a></span><br />Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/4-8.htm">James 4:8</a></span><br />Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/1-9.htm">1 John 1:9</a></span><br />If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/55-6.htm">Isaiah 55:6-7</a></span><br />Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near. / Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/14-1.htm">Hosea 14:1-2</a></span><br />Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity. / Bring your confessions and return to the LORD. Say to Him: “Take away all our iniquity and receive us graciously, that we may present the fruit of our lips.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/2-12.htm">Joel 2:12-13</a></span><br />“Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.” / So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/5-14.htm">Amos 5:14-15</a></span><br />Seek good, not evil, so that you may live. And the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be with you, as you have claimed. / Hate evil and love good; establish justice in the gate. Perhaps the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Thus said the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.</p><p class="hdg">Amend.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/7-5.htm">Jeremiah 7:5-7</a></b></br> For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour; … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/18-11.htm">Jeremiah 18:11</a></b></br> Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/26-13.htm">Jeremiah 26:13</a></b></br> Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the LORD your God; and the LORD will repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/4-18.htm">Actions</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-9.htm">Almighty</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/34-10.htm">Amend</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-9.htm">Armies</a> <a href="/isaiah/56-12.htm">Better</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-10.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-28.htm">Changed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-28.htm">Deeds</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-18.htm">Doings</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-29.htm">Dwell</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-9.htm">Hosts</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-9.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-12.htm">Live</a> <a href="/revelation/16-11.htm">Reform</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-27.htm">Ways</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/7-5.htm">Actions</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-21.htm">Almighty</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-5.htm">Amend</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-21.htm">Armies</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-5.htm">Better</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-7.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-5.htm">Changed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-5.htm">Deeds</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-5.htm">Doings</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-7.htm">Dwell</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-21.htm">Hosts</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-12.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-7.htm">Live</a> <a href="/jeremiah/26-13.htm">Reform</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-5.htm">Ways</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 7</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/7-1.htm">Jeremiah is sent to call to true repentance, to prevent the Jews' captivity.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/7-8.htm">He rejects their vain confidence,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/7-12.htm">by the example of Shiloh.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/7-17.htm">He threatens them for their idolatry.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/7-21.htm">He rejects the sacrifices of the disobedient.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/7-29.htm">He exhorts to mourn for their abominations in Tophet;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">32. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/7-32.htm">and the judgments for the same.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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"LORD of Hosts" refers to God's supreme command over the heavenly armies, emphasizing His power and sovereignty. "The God of Israel" highlights the covenant relationship between God and the nation of Israel, reminding the people of their unique status and responsibilities. This introduction is common in prophetic literature, underscoring the divine origin of the message (<a href="/isaiah/1-24.htm">Isaiah 1:24</a>, <a href="/amos/4-13.htm">Amos 4:13</a>).<p><b>Correct your ways and deeds:</b><br>The call to "correct" implies a need for repentance and transformation. "Ways" refers to the overall conduct and lifestyle, while "deeds" focuses on specific actions. This dual emphasis suggests a comprehensive change in both attitude and behavior. The call to repentance is a recurring theme in the prophetic books (<a href="/isaiah/1-16.htm">Isaiah 1:16-17</a>, <a href="/ezekiel/18-30.htm">Ezekiel 18:30-31</a>), highlighting the importance of aligning one's life with God's standards.<p><b>and I will let you live in this place:</b><br>"This place" refers to the land of Judah and Jerusalem, the promised land given to the Israelites. The promise of continued residence is conditional upon their repentance and obedience. This reflects the covenantal blessings and curses outlined in <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a>, where obedience leads to blessing and disobedience to exile. The historical context includes the threat of Babylonian invasion, making this promise particularly urgent. Theologically, it underscores God's desire for His people to dwell in His presence, a theme fulfilled in Christ, who offers eternal life and a place in God's kingdom (<a href="/john/14-2.htm">John 14:2-3</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord_of_hosts.htm">The LORD of Hosts</a></b><br>This title emphasizes God's supreme authority and power over all heavenly and earthly armies. It underscores His ability to enforce His will and execute judgment.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_god_of_israel.htm">The God of Israel</a></b><br>This designation highlights the covenant relationship between God and the nation of Israel, reminding them of their unique identity and responsibilities as His chosen people.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>The prophet through whom God delivers this message. Jeremiah's ministry was marked by calls for repentance and warnings of impending judgment due to the people's unfaithfulness.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_temple.htm">The Temple</a></b><br>The physical location in Jerusalem where this message is delivered. It was the center of Jewish worship and a symbol of God's presence among His people.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, which is the primary audience of Jeremiah's message. At this time, Judah was steeped in idolatry and social injustice, prompting God's call for repentance.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/c/call_to_repentance.htm">Call to Repentance</a></b><br>God desires His people to turn from their sinful ways and align their actions with His will. Repentance is not merely feeling sorry but involves a decisive change in behavior.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/conditional_promises.htm">Conditional Promises</a></b><br>God's promise to let the people live in the land is conditional upon their obedience. This principle of conditional blessings is consistent throughout Scripture.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/heart_and_deeds_alignment.htm">Heart and Deeds Alignment</a></b><br>True repentance involves both an inward change of heart and outward actions. Our deeds should reflect our commitment to God's commands.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_patience_and_justice.htm">God's Patience and Justice</a></b><br>While God is patient and offers opportunities for repentance, His justice requires that unrepentant sin be addressed. This balance is crucial in understanding God's character.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/covenant_relationship.htm">Covenant Relationship</a></b><br>The call to correct ways and deeds is rooted in the covenant relationship between God and His people. Our obedience is a response to His faithfulness and love.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_7.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 7</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_harbinger.htm">What is the Harbinger?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_has_jerusalem_faced_such_sorrow.htm">Why has Jerusalem suffered such great devastation and sorrow?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'walking_in_truth'_mean.htm">What does "walking in truth" mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_reconcile_psalm_84_with_temple's_fall.htm">How do we reconcile the psalm’s praise of God’s dwelling place (Psalm 84:1, 4) with later events that saw the Temple destroyed? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/7.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(3) <span class= "bld">Your ways and your doings.</span>--"Ways," as in <a href="/zechariah/1-6.htm" title="But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do to us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so has he dealt with us.">Zechariah 1:6</a>, of general habits, "doings" of separate acts.<p><span class= "bld">I will cause you to dwell.</span>--The English suggests the thoughts of something new, but what Jeremiah promises is simply the continuance of the blessings they had hitherto enjoyed. <span class= "ital">I will let you dwell.</span><p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/7-3.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Thus</span><br /><span class="heb">כֹּֽה־</span> <span class="translit">(kōh-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3541.htm">Strong's 3541: </a> </span><span class="str2">Like this, thus, here, now</span><br /><br /><span class="word">says</span><br /><span class="heb">אָמַ֞ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·mar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֤ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Hosts,</span><br /><span class="heb">צְבָאוֹת֙</span> <span class="translit">(ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6635.htm">Strong's 6635: </a> </span><span class="str2">A mass of persons, reg, organized for, war, a campaign</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the God</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלֹהֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·hê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Israel:</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Correct</span><br /><span class="heb">הֵיטִ֥יבוּ</span> <span class="translit">(hê·ṭî·ḇū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3190.htm">Strong's 3190: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be good, well, glad, or pleasing</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your ways</span><br /><span class="heb">דַרְכֵיכֶ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(ḏar·ḵê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1870.htm">Strong's 1870: </a> </span><span class="str2">A road, a course of life, mode of action</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and your deeds,</span><br /><span class="heb">וּמַֽעַלְלֵיכֶ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ma·‘al·lê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4611.htm">Strong's 4611: </a> </span><span class="str2">A deed, practice</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and I will allow you to live</span><br /><span class="heb">וַאֲשַׁכְּנָ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(wa·’ă·šak·kə·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7931.htm">Strong's 7931: </a> </span><span class="str2">To settle down, abide, dwell</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in this</span><br /><span class="heb">הַזֶּֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(haz·zeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2088.htm">Strong's 2088: </a> </span><span class="str2">This, that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">place.</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּמָּק֥וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(bam·mā·qō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4725.htm">Strong's 4725: </a> </span><span class="str2">A standing, a spot, a condition</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/7-3.htm">Jeremiah 7:3 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/7-3.htm">Jeremiah 7:3 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/7-3.htm">Jeremiah 7:3 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/7-3.htm">Jeremiah 7:3 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/7-3.htm">Jeremiah 7:3 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/7-3.htm">Jeremiah 7:3 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/7-3.htm">Jeremiah 7:3 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/7-3.htm">Jeremiah 7:3 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/7-3.htm">Jeremiah 7:3 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/7-3.htm">Jeremiah 7:3 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/7-3.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 7:3 Thus says Yahweh of Armies the God (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/7-2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 7:2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 7:2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/7-4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 7:4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 7:4" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>