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if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/7.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, if you thoroughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbor,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/7.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />For if you truly amend your ways and your deeds, if you truly practice justice between a person and his neighbor,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/7.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220For if you truly amend your ways and your deeds, if you truly practice justice between a man and his neighbor,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/7.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“For if you truly amend your ways and your deeds, if you truly practice justice between a man and his neighbor,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/7.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />For if you truly make your ways and your deeds good, if you truly do justice between a man and his neighbor,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/7.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />For if you thoroughly change your ways and your behavior, if you thoroughly <i>and</i> honestly practice justice between a man and his neighbor,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/7.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Instead, if you really correct your ways and your actions, if you act justly toward one another,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/7.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Instead, if you really change your ways and your actions, if you act justly toward one another, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/7.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For if ye thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbor;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/7.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I will keep you safe only if you change your ways and are fair and honest with each other. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/7.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/7.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />" 'Suppose you really change the way you live and act and you really treat each other fairly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/7.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />"Change the way you are living and stop doing the things you are doing. Be fair in your treatment of one another. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/7.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />but rather, truly change your ways and your deeds. If you truly practice justice between each person and his neighbor, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/7.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />For if you really correct your ways and deeds, if you act justly toward one another,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/7.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />You must change the way you have been living and do what is right. You must treat one another fairly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/7.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; if you thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbor;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/7.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For if ye thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye thoroughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbor;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/7.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, if you thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbor; <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/7.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, "" If you thoroughly do judgment "" Between a man and his neighbor,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/7.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> For, if ye do thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, If ye do judgment thoroughly Between a man and his neighbour,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/7.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For if making good, ye shall make good your ways and your doings; if doing, ye shall do judgment between man and between his neighbor;<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/7.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />For if you will order well your ways, and your doings: if you will execute judgement between a man and his neighbor, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/7.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />For if you direct your ways and your intentions well, if you exercise judgment between a man and his neighbor,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/7.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Only if you thoroughly reform your ways and your deeds; if each of you deals justly with your neighbor;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/7.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />For if you truly amend your ways and your doings, if you truly act justly one with another,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/7.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For if you amend your ways and your doings, you are the temple of the LORD; if you execute justice between a man and his neighbor;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/7.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />You are the temple of LORD JEHOVAH if you will beautify your paths and your deeds, and if you will do justice between a man and his neighbor.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/7.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Nay, but if ye thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbour;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/7.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />For if ye thoroughly correct your ways and your practices, and do indeed execute judgment between a man and his neighbour;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/7-5.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=2120" 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">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.’ <span class="reftext">5</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: ’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!">if</a> <a href="/hebrew/3190.htm" title="3190: hê·ṭêḇ (V-Hifil-InfAbs) -- To be good, well, glad, or pleasing. A primitive root; to be make well, literally or figuratively.">you really correct</a> <a href="/hebrew/3190.htm" title="3190: tê·ṭî·ḇū (V-Hifil-Imperf-2mp) -- To be good, well, glad, or pleasing. A primitive root; to be make well, literally or figuratively."></a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1870.htm" title="1870: dar·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/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4611.htm" title="4611: ma·‘al·lê·ḵem (N-mpc:: 2mp) -- A deed, practice. From alal; an act.">and deeds,</a> <a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: ’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!">if</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ā·śōw (V-Qal-InfAbs) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">you act</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ṯa·‘ă·śū (V-Qal-Imperf-2mp) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4941.htm" title="4941: miš·pāṭ (N-ms) -- Judgment. ">justly</a> <a href="/hebrew/996.htm" title="996: bên (Prep) -- An interval, space between. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: ’îš (N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">toward one</a> <a href="/hebrew/996.htm" title="996: ū·ḇên (Conj-w:: Prep) -- An interval, space between. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/7453.htm" title="7453: rê·‘ê·hū (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Friend, companion, fellow. Or reya2; from ra'ah; an associate.">another,</a> </span><span class="reftext">6</span>if you no longer oppress the foreigner and the fatherless and the widow, and if you no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods to your own harm,…<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="/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="/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/7-9.htm">Zechariah 7:9-10</a></span><br />“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Administer true justice. Show loving devotion and compassion to one another. / Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. And do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.’<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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/18-7.htm">Ezekiel 18:7-9</a></span><br />He does not oppress another, but restores the pledge to the debtor. He does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing. / He does not engage in usury or take excess interest, but he withholds his hand from iniquity and executes true justice between men. / He follows My statutes and faithfully keeps My ordinances. That man is righteous; surely he will live, declares the Lord GOD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/58-6.htm">Isaiah 58:6-7</a></span><br />Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and tear off every yoke? / Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/21-3.htm">Proverbs 21:3</a></span><br />To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/82-3.htm">Psalm 82:3-4</a></span><br />Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; uphold the rights of the afflicted and oppressed. / Rescue the weak and needy; save them from the hand of the wicked.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/10-18.htm">Deuteronomy 10:18-19</a></span><br />He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing. / So you also must love the foreigner, since you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-23.htm">Matthew 23:23</a></span><br />Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/1-27.htm">James 1:27</a></span><br />Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/3-10.htm">Luke 3:10-14</a></span><br />The crowds asked him, “What then should we do?” / John replied, “Whoever has two tunics should share with him who has none, and whoever has food should do the same.” / Even tax collectors came to be baptized. “Teacher,” they asked, “what should we do?” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-7.htm">Matthew 5:7</a></span><br />Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/12-9.htm">Romans 12:9-10</a></span><br />Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good. / Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/3-17.htm">1 John 3:17-18</a></span><br />If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him? / Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; if you thoroughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbor;</p><p class="hdg">For if.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/7-3.htm">Jeremiah 7:3</a></b></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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/4-1.htm">Jeremiah 4:1,2</a></b></br> If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/1-19.htm">Isaiah 1:19</a></b></br> If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:</p><p class="hdg">if ye throughly.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/5-1.htm">Judges 5:1</a></b></br> Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying,</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/21-12.htm">Judges 21:12</a></b></br> And they found among the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead four hundred young virgins, that had known no man by lying with any male: and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh, which <i>is</i> in the land of Canaan.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/6-12.htm">1 Kings 6:12,13</a></b></br> <i>Concerning</i> this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I perform my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father: … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/7-3.htm">Actions</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-3.htm">Amend</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-3.htm">Better</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-28.htm">Change</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-3.htm">Changed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-28.htm">Deal</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-3.htm">Deeds</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-3.htm">Doings</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-10.htm">Execute</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-5.htm">Judgment</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-2.htm">Justice</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-21.htm">Neighbor</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-21.htm">Neighbour</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-13.htm">Practice</a> <a href="/job/40-8.htm">Really</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-28.htm">Right</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-9.htm">Thoroughly</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-9.htm">Throughly</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-3.htm">Ways</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/26-13.htm">Actions</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-11.htm">Amend</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-10.htm">Better</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-23.htm">Change</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-23.htm">Changed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-1.htm">Deal</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-15.htm">Deeds</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-18.htm">Doings</a> <a href="/jeremiah/21-12.htm">Execute</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-7.htm">Judgment</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-24.htm">Justice</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-4.htm">Neighbor</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-4.htm">Neighbour</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-24.htm">Practice</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-26.htm">Really</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-6.htm">Right</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-11.htm">Thoroughly</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-34.htm">Throughly</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-23.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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In the context of Jeremiah's ministry, the people of Judah were engaging in idolatry and social injustice, despite their outward religious practices. The call to "correct your ways and deeds" is a call to align one's life with God's commandments, reflecting a heart change rather than mere ritual compliance. This echoes the broader biblical theme of repentance found in passages like <a href="/isaiah/1-16.htm">Isaiah 1:16-17</a>, where God calls for a washing away of evil deeds and learning to do good. The Hebrew concept of "ways" (derekh) often refers to one's conduct or lifestyle, while "deeds" (ma'aseh) refers to specific actions, indicating a comprehensive transformation.<p><b>if you act justly toward one another</b><br>Justice is a central theme in the prophetic literature, and here it underscores the social dimension of righteousness. Acting justly involves fairness, equity, and compassion in dealings with others, reflecting God's character as seen in passages like <a href="/micah/6-8.htm">Micah 6:8</a>, which calls for doing justice, loving kindness, and walking humbly with God. In the historical context of ancient Judah, social justice was often neglected, with the poor and marginalized suffering under corrupt leadership. This call to justice is not only a moral imperative but also a reflection of the covenant relationship between God and His people, where justice and righteousness are foundational (<a href="/psalms/89-14.htm">Psalm 89:14</a>). The phrase also foreshadows the ministry of Jesus Christ, who embodied perfect justice and called His followers to love their neighbors as themselves (<a href="/matthew/22-39.htm">Matthew 22:39</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A prophet called by God to deliver messages of warning and hope to the people of Judah. His ministry spanned over 40 years during a tumultuous period in Judah's history.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, which was facing impending judgment due to its persistent idolatry and injustice.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_temple_sermon.htm">The Temple Sermon</a></b><br>Jeremiah 7 is part of what is often referred to as the "Temple Sermon," where Jeremiah stands at the gate of the Lord's house to deliver God's message to the people.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/true_repentance.htm">True Repentance</a></b><br>Repentance is not merely about feeling sorry but involves a genuine change in behavior and actions. The Hebrew word for "change" (shuv) implies a turning back or returning to the right path.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/j/justice_in_action.htm">Justice in Action</a></b><br>Acting justly is a core requirement of God's people. It involves fair treatment of others and ensuring that our actions reflect God's righteousness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_responsibility.htm">Community Responsibility</a></b><br>The call to act justly toward one another highlights the importance of community and relational integrity. Our faith is demonstrated in how we treat others.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/heart_and_deeds_alignment.htm">Heart and Deeds Alignment</a></b><br>There must be consistency between what we profess and how we live. Our deeds should align with the transformation God has worked in our hearts.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_conditional_promises.htm">God's Conditional Promises</a></b><br>Many of God's promises are conditional upon our obedience and willingness to follow His ways. This verse reminds us of the importance of aligning our lives with God's commands to experience His blessings.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/7.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(5) <span class= "bld">A man and his neighbour.</span>--The Jewish idiom for the English "one man and another."<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/7.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 5.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">If ye thoroughly amend</span>, etc.; a development of the ides of ver. 3. The true palladium of Judah would be the faithful performance of Jehovah's moral laws, especially those referring to the conduct of the rulers. Observe the stress which all the prophets lay on the virtues of civil life. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/7-5.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">For</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֤י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">if</span><br /><span class="heb">אִם־</span> <span class="translit">(’im-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_518.htm">Strong's 518: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you really change</span><br /><span class="heb">הֵיטֵיב֙</span> <span class="translit">(hê·ṭêḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute<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">דַּרְכֵיכֶ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(dar·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 deeds,</span><br /><span class="heb">מַֽעַלְלֵיכֶ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(ma·‘al·lê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">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">if</span><br /><span class="heb">אִם־</span> <span class="translit">(’im-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_518.htm">Strong's 518: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you act</span><br /><span class="heb">עָשׂ֤וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·śōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">justly</span><br /><span class="heb">מִשְׁפָּ֔ט</span> <span class="translit">(miš·pāṭ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4941.htm">Strong's 4941: </a> </span><span class="str2">A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style</span><br /><br /><span class="word">toward one</span><br /><span class="heb">אִ֖ישׁ</span> <span class="translit">(’îš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> </span><span class="str2">A man as an individual, a male person</span><br /><br /><span class="word">another,</span><br /><span class="heb">רֵעֵֽהוּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(rê·‘ê·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7453.htm">Strong's 7453: </a> </span><span class="str2">Friend, companion, fellow</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/7-5.htm">Jeremiah 7:5 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/7-5.htm">Jeremiah 7:5 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/7-5.htm">Jeremiah 7:5 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/7-5.htm">Jeremiah 7:5 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/7-5.htm">Jeremiah 7:5 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/7-5.htm">Jeremiah 7:5 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/7-5.htm">Jeremiah 7:5 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/7-5.htm">Jeremiah 7:5 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/7-5.htm">Jeremiah 7:5 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/7-5.htm">Jeremiah 7:5 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/7-5.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 7:5 For if you thoroughly amend your ways (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/7-4.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 7:4"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 7:4" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/7-6.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 7:6"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 7:6" /></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>