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Truth has perished; it has vanished from their lips. <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/7.htm">New Living Translation</a> Say to them, ‘This is the nation whose people will not obey the LORD their God and who refuse to be taught. Truth has vanished from among them; it is no longer heard on their lips. <a href="/esv/jeremiah/7.htm">English Standard Version</a> And you shall say to them, ‘This is the nation that did not obey the voice of the LORD their God, and did not accept discipline; truth has perished; it is cut off from their lips. <a href="/bsb/jeremiah/7.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Therefore you must say to them, ‘This is the nation that would not listen to the voice of the LORD their God and would not receive correction. Truth has perished; it has disappeared from their lips. <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/7.htm">King James Bible</a> But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation that obeyeth not the voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth. <a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/7.htm">New King James Version</a> “So you shall say to them, ‘This is a nation that does not obey the voice of the LORD their God nor receive correction. Truth has perished and has been cut off from their mouth. <a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/7.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> And you shall say to them, ‘This is the nation that did not obey the voice of the LORD their God or accept discipline; trustworthiness has perished and has been eliminated from their mouth. <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/7.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220You shall say to them, &#8216This is the nation that did not obey the voice of the LORD their God or accept correction; truth has perished and has been cut off from their mouth. <a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/7.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “And you shall say to them, ‘This is the nation that did not obey the voice of the LORD their God or accept correction; truth has perished and has been cut off from their mouth. <a href="/lsb/jeremiah/7.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> You shall say to them, ‘This is the nation that did not listen to the voice of Yahweh their God or receive discipline; truth has perished and has been cut off from their mouth. <a href="/amp/jeremiah/7.htm">Amplified Bible</a> You shall say to them, ‘This is the nation that did not obey the voice of the LORD their God or accept correction and warning; truth and faithfulness have perished and have completely vanished from their mouths. <a href="/csb/jeremiah/7.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Therefore, declare to them, ‘This is the nation that would not listen to the LORD their God and would not accept discipline. Truth has perished—it has disappeared from their mouths. <a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/7.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> You must therefore declare to them: This is the nation that would not listen to the voice of the LORD their God and would not accept discipline. Truth has perished—it has disappeared from their mouths. <a href="/asv/jeremiah/7.htm">American Standard Version</a> And thou shalt say unto them, This is the nation that hath not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah their God, nor received instruction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth. <a href="/cev/jeremiah/7.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> So you must say to them: People of Judah, I am the LORD your God, but you have refused to obey me, and you didn't change when I punished you. And now, you no longer even pretend to be faithful to me. <a href="/erv/jeremiah/7.htm">English Revised Version</a> And thou shalt say unto them, This is the nation that hath not hearkened to the voice of the LORD their God, nor received instruction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth. <a href="/gwt/jeremiah/7.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> You will say to them, 'This is the nation that did not obey the LORD their God. They did not accept discipline. Truth has disappeared and vanished from their lips.' <a href="/gnt/jeremiah/7.htm">Good News Translation</a> You will tell them that their nation does not obey me, the LORD their God, or learn from their punishment. Faithfulness is dead. No longer is it even talked about. <a href="/isv/jeremiah/7.htm">International Standard Version</a> You will say to them, 'This is the nation that wouldn't listen to the voice of the LORD its God and wouldn't accept correction. Truth has perished; it has been eliminated from their discussions.' <a href="/net/jeremiah/7.htm">NET Bible</a> So tell them: 'This is a nation that has not obeyed the LORD their God and has not accepted correction. Faithfulness is nowhere to be found in it. These people do not even profess it anymore. <a href="/nheb/jeremiah/7.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> You shall tell them, 'This is the nation that has not listened to the voice of the LORD their God, nor received instruction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth. <a href="/wbt/jeremiah/7.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> But thou shalt say to them, This is a nation that obeyeth not the voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction: truth hath perished, and is cut off from their mouth.<div class="vheading2">Majority Text Translations</div><a href="/msb/jeremiah/7.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Therefore you must say to them, ‘This is the nation that would not listen to the voice of the LORD their God and would not receive correction. Truth has perished; it has disappeared from their lips. <a href="/web/jeremiah/7.htm">World English Bible</a> You shall tell them, ‘This is the nation that has not listened to Yahweh their God’s voice, nor received instruction. Truth has perished, and is cut off from their mouth.’ <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/7.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And you have said to them: This [is] the nation that has not listened, "" To the voice of its God YHWH, "" Nor have they accepted instruction, "" Steadfastness has perished, "" Indeed, it has been cut off from their mouth. <a href="/ylt/jeremiah/7.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And thou hast said unto them: This is the nation that hath not hearkened, To the voice of Jehovah its God, Nor have they accepted instruction, Perished hath stedfastness, Yea, it hath been cut off from their mouth. <a href="/slt/jeremiah/7.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And say to them, This a nation that heard not to the voice of Jehovah its God, and they received not instruction: faithfulness perished, and was eat off from their mouth.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/jeremiah/7.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And thou shalt say to them: This is a nation which hath not hearkened to the voice of the Lord their God, nor received instruction: Faith is lost, and is carried away out of their mouth. <a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/7.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And you will say to them: This is the nation that has not listened to the voice of the Lord their God, nor accepted discipline. Faith has perished and been taken away from their mouth. <a href="/nabre/jeremiah/7.htm">New American Bible</a> Say to them: This is the nation which does not listen to the voice of the LORD, its God, or take correction. Faithfulness has disappeared; the word itself is banished from their speech. <a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/7.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> You shall say to them: This is the nation that did not obey the voice of the LORD their God, and did not accept discipline; truth has perished; it is cut off from their lips.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/7.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Truth is perished and is cut off from their mouth. <a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/7.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> The faith is destroyed and is cut off from their mouth<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/jeremiah/7.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Therefore thou shalt say unto them: This is the nation that hath not hearkened To the voice of the LORD their God, Nor received correction; Faithfulness is perished, And is cut off from their mouth. <a href="/sep/jeremiah/7.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> This is the nation which has not hearkened to the voice of the Lord, nor received correction: truth has failed from their mouth. <a href="/parallel/jeremiah/7-28.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=2363" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/7.htm">Judah's Idolatry Persists</a> …27When you tell them all these things, they will not listen to you. When you call to them, they will not answer. 28<a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: wə·’ā·mar·tā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">Therefore you must say</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ă·lê·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- To, into, towards. ">to them,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: zeh (Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that.">‘This</a> <a href="/hebrew/1471.htm" title="1471: hag·gō·w (Art:: N-ms) -- Rarely goy; apparently from the same root as gevah; a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts.">is the nation</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō·w- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">would not</a> <a href="/hebrew/8085.htm" title="8085: šā·mə·‘ū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To hear. A primitive root; to hear intelligently.">listen</a> <a href="/hebrew/6963.htm" title="6963: bə·qō·wl (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Sound, voice. Or qol; from an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound.">to the voice</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.">of the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hāw (N-mpc:: 3ms) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">their God</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">and would not</a> <a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: lā·qə·ḥū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">receive</a> <a href="/hebrew/4148.htm" title="4148: mū·sār (N-ms) -- Discipline, chastening, correction. From yacar; properly, chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraint.">correction.</a> <a href="/hebrew/530.htm" title="530: hā·’ĕ·mū·nāh (Art:: N-fs) --); or (shortened) >emunah feminine of 'emuwn; literally firmness; figuratively security; morally fidelity.">Truth</a> <a href="/hebrew/6.htm" title="6: ’ā·ḇə·ḏāh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- To perish. A primitive root; properly, to wander away, i.e. Lose oneself; by implication to perish.">has perished;</a> <a href="/hebrew/3772.htm" title="3772: wə·niḵ·rə·ṯāh (Conj-w:: V-Nifal-ConjPerf-3fs) -- To cut off, cut down. A primitive root; to cut; by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant.">it has disappeared</a> <a href="/hebrew/6310.htm" title="6310: mip·pî·hem (Prep-m:: N-msc:: 3mp) -- Mouth. From pa'ah; the mouth, whether literal or figurative; specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially according to.">from their lips.</a> 29Cut off your hair and throw it away. Raise up a lamentation on the barren heights, for the LORD has rejected and forsaken the generation of His wrath.’…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/isaiah/30-9.htm">Isaiah 30:9-11</a> These are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to obey the LORD’s instruction. / They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions. / Get out of the way; turn off the road. Rid us of the Holy One of Israel!” <a href="/hosea/4-1.htm">Hosea 4:1-2</a> Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land! / Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another. <a href="/zechariah/7-11.htm">Zechariah 7:11-12</a> But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing. / They made their hearts like flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the LORD of Hosts had sent by His Spirit through the earlier prophets. Therefore great anger came from the LORD of Hosts. <a href="/amos/2-4.htm">Amos 2:4</a> This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Judah, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they reject the Law of the LORD and fail to keep His statutes; they are led astray by the lies in which their fathers walked. <a href="/isaiah/1-4.htm">Isaiah 1:4-5</a> Alas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children who act corruptly! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him. / Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted. <a href="/ezekiel/2-3.htm">Ezekiel 2:3-5</a> “Son of man,” He said to me, “I am sending you to the Israelites, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against Me. To this very day they and their fathers have rebelled against Me. / They are obstinate and stubborn children. I am sending you to them, and you are to say to them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says.’ / And whether they listen or refuse to listen—for they are a rebellious house—they will know that a prophet has been among them. <a href="/micah/3-8.htm">Micah 3:8-12</a> As for me, however, I am filled with power by the Spirit of the LORD, with justice and courage, to declare to Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin. / Now hear this, O leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who despise justice and pervert all that is right, / who build Zion with bloodshed and Jerusalem with iniquity. ... <a href="/2_kings/17-13.htm">2 Kings 17:13-14</a> Yet through all His prophets and seers, the LORD warned Israel and Judah, saying, “Turn from your wicked ways and keep My commandments and statutes, according to the entire Law that I commanded your fathers and delivered to you through My servants the prophets.” / But they would not listen, and they stiffened their necks like their fathers, who did not believe the LORD their God. <a href="/isaiah/42-24.htm">Isaiah 42:24-25</a> Who gave Jacob up for spoil, and Israel to the plunderers? Was it not the LORD, against whom we have sinned? They were unwilling to walk in His ways, and they would not obey His law. / So He poured out on them His furious anger and the fierceness of battle. It enveloped them in flames, but they did not understand; it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart. <a href="/hosea/9-7.htm">Hosea 9:7</a> The days of punishment have come; the days of retribution have arrived—let Israel know it. The prophet is called a fool, and the inspired man insane, because of the greatness of your iniquity and hostility. <a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37</a> O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! <a href="/john/8-43.htm">John 8:43-47</a> Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you are unable to accept My message. / You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies. / But because I speak the truth, you do not believe Me! ... <a href="/romans/10-21.htm">Romans 10:21</a> But as for Israel he says: “All day long I have held out My hands to a disobedient and obstinate people.” <a href="/acts/7-51.htm">Acts 7:51-53</a> You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did. / Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers— / you who received the law ordained by angels, yet have not kept it.” <a href="/matthew/13-14.htm">Matthew 13:14-15</a> In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving. / For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>But you shall say to them, This is a nation that obeys not the voice of the LORD their God, nor receives correction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.nor.<a href="/jeremiah/2-30.htm">Jeremiah 2:30</a> In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.<a href="/jeremiah/5-3.htm">Jeremiah 5:3</a> O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.<a href="/jeremiah/6-29.htm">Jeremiah 6:29,30</a> The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away… correction.<a href="/jeremiah/6-8.htm">Jeremiah 6:8</a> Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited.<a href="/jeremiah/32-33.htm">Jeremiah 32:33</a> And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.<a href="/psalms/50-17.htm">Psalm 50:17</a> Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.truth.<a href="/jeremiah/5-1.htm">Jeremiah 5:1</a> Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.<a href="/jeremiah/9-3.htm">Jeremiah 9:3-8</a> And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD… <a href="/isaiah/59-14.htm">Isaiah 59:14,15</a> And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/29-24.htm">Accept</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-3.htm">Correction</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-6.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-9.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/proverbs/29-17.htm">Discipline</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-27.htm">Ear</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-14.htm">Faith</a> <a href="/isaiah/61-8.htm">Faithfulness</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-16.htm">Good</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-26.htm">Hearkened</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-24.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-30.htm">Instruction</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-3.htm">Lips</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-14.htm">Mouth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-22.htm">Nation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-24.htm">Obey</a> <a href="/isaiah/50-10.htm">Obeyeth</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-1.htm">Perished</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-30.htm">Received</a> <a href="/proverbs/29-4.htm">Receiveth</a> <a href="/isaiah/26-2.htm">Stedfastness</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-19.htm">Teaching</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-3.htm">Truth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-27.htm">Voice</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/14-10.htm">Accept</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-23.htm">Correction</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-29.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-32.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-8.htm">Discipline</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-6.htm">Ear</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-3.htm">Faith</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-3.htm">Faithfulness</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-15.htm">Good</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-6.htm">Hearkened</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-31.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-8.htm">Instruction</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-2.htm">Lips</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-8.htm">Mouth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-3.htm">Nation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-3.htm">Obey</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-3.htm">Obeyeth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-12.htm">Perished</a> <a href="/jeremiah/37-17.htm">Received</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-20.htm">Receiveth</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-4.htm">Stedfastness</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-14.htm">Teaching</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-3.htm">Truth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-34.htm">Voice</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 7</div>1. <a href="/jeremiah/7-1.htm">Jeremiah is sent to call to true repentance, to prevent the Jews' captivity.</a> 8. <a href="/jeremiah/7-8.htm">He rejects their vain confidence,</a> 12. <a href="/jeremiah/7-12.htm">by the example of Shiloh.</a> 17. <a href="/jeremiah/7-17.htm">He threatens them for their idolatry.</a> 21. <a href="/jeremiah/7-21.htm">He rejects the sacrifices of the disobedient.</a> 29. <a href="/jeremiah/7-29.htm">He exhorts to mourn for their abominations in Tophet;</a> 32. <a href="/jeremiah/7-32.htm">and the judgments for the same.</a> </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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Prophets often faced resistance, as seen with figures like Moses and Elijah, yet they were compelled to speak God's truth.‘This is the nation that would not listen to the voice of the LORD their God The nation referred to is Judah, which consistently ignored God's commands and warnings. This reflects a pattern of disobedience seen throughout Israel's history, such as during the time of the judges when "everyone did what was right in his own eyes" (<a href="/judges/21-25.htm">Judges 21:25</a>). Listening to God's voice is a recurring theme, highlighting the importance of obedience and the consequences of neglect.and would not receive correction. Judah's refusal to accept correction is indicative of a hardened heart. <a href="/proverbs/12.htm">Proverbs 12:1</a> states, "Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but whoever hates correction is stupid." This resistance to correction is a sign of spiritual rebellion and pride, which ultimately leads to judgment.Truth has perished; The absence of truth signifies a moral and spiritual decay within the nation. In <a href="/john/14-6.htm">John 14:6</a>, Jesus declares Himself as "the way, the truth, and the life," indicating that truth is found in God alone. The perishing of truth suggests a departure from God's ways and a society that has embraced falsehood.it has disappeared from their lips. This phrase underscores the complete abandonment of truth in speech and action. The lips, often used in Scripture to represent communication, are devoid of honesty and integrity. This mirrors the condition described in <a href="/isaiah/59-14.htm">Isaiah 59:14-15</a>, where justice and truth are lacking, leading to societal collapse. The absence of truth in speech reflects a deeper spiritual crisis, as the heart and mouth are interconnected (<a href="/matthew/12-34.htm">Matthew 12:34</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a> A prophet called by God to deliver messages of warning and judgment to the people of Judah. His ministry was marked by deep sorrow over the people's unfaithfulness. 2. <a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a> The southern kingdom of Israel, which was facing impending judgment due to its persistent idolatry and disobedience to God. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a> The covenant God of Israel, who desires obedience and faithfulness from His people. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_temple_sermon.htm">The Temple Sermon</a> This passage is part of Jeremiah's Temple Sermon, where he rebukes the people for their false sense of security in the temple and calls them to genuine repentance. 5. <a href="/topical/t/truth.htm">Truth</a> In this context, truth refers to faithfulness and integrity in following God's commandments, which had vanished from the people of Judah.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_listening_to_god.htm">The Importance of Listening to God</a> Just as Judah failed to listen to God's voice, we must prioritize hearing and obeying God's Word in our lives. <a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_rejecting_discipline.htm">The Consequences of Rejecting Discipline</a> Ignoring God's correction leads to spiritual decay and judgment. We should embrace God's discipline as a sign of His love and desire for our growth. <a href="/topical/t/the_perishing_of_truth.htm">The Perishing of Truth</a> When truth disappears from a society, moral and spiritual chaos ensues. Christians are called to uphold and speak truth in all areas of life. <a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a> Despite Judah's failure, God's call to repentance remains. We should continually seek God's forgiveness and strive to align our lives with His will. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_prophets_and_leaders.htm">The Role of Prophets and Leaders</a> Jeremiah's role as a prophet was to speak truth to power. Christian leaders today must also courageously proclaim God's truth, even when it is unpopular.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_7.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 7</a> <a href="/q/key_themes_in_jeremiah.htm">What are the key themes in the Book of Jeremiah?</a> <a href="/q/why_is_judah's_judgment_unique.htm">(Amos 2:4-5) Why does God's judgment on Judah differ from judgments described in other prophetic books?</a> <a href="/q/do_jer._15_3_punishments_conflict_with_god's_love.htm">The graphic punishments in Jeremiah 15:3 seem excessively harsh. Do they conflict with the concept of a just and loving God found elsewhere in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/bible_books'_order.htm">What is the order of the Bible's books?</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>(28) But thou shalt say.--Better, And thou shalt say, with an implied "therefore."This is a nation.--Better, This is the nation, as pre-eminent in its sin.Truth.--Better, as in <a href="/jeremiah/7-2.htm" title="Stand in the gate of the LORD's house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of the LORD, all you of Judah, that enter in at these gates to worship the LORD.">Jeremiah 7:2</a>, faithfulness.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/7.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 28. - But thou shalt say; rather, thou shalt therefore say. A nation; rather, the nation. "What one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to him-serf?" (<a href="/2_samuel/7-23.htm">2 Samuel 7:23</a>). And yet "this is the nation that have not hearkened," etc. Truth; rather, good faith (as <a href="/jeremiah/5-1.htm">Jeremiah 5:1</a>). Is cut off from their mouth; i.e. their oaths to Jehovah are false oaths (<a href="/jeremiah/5-2.htm">Jeremiah 5:2</a>). <a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/7-28.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Therefore you must say וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ (wə·’ā·mar·tā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say to them: אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם (’ă·lê·hem) Preposition | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to This זֶ֤ה (zeh) Pronoun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2088.htm">Strong's 2088: </a> This, that is the nation הַגּוֹי֙ (hag·gō·w) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1471.htm">Strong's 1471: </a> A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts that אֲשֶׁ֣ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that would not לֽוֹא־ (lō·w-) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no listen שָׁמְע֗וּ (šā·mə·‘ū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8085.htm">Strong's 8085: </a> To hear intelligently to the voice בְּקוֹל֙ (bə·qō·wl) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6963.htm">Strong's 6963: </a> A voice, sound of the LORD יְהוָ֣ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel their God אֱלֹהָ֔יו (’ĕ·lō·hāw) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative and would not וְלֹ֥א (wə·lō) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no receive לָקְח֖וּ (lā·qə·ḥū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> To take correction. מוּסָ֑ר (mū·sār) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4148.htm">Strong's 4148: </a> Chastisement, reproof, warning, instruction, restraint Truth הָֽאֱמוּנָ֔ה (hā·’ĕ·mū·nāh) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_530.htm">Strong's 530: </a> Firmness, steadfastness, fidelity has perished; אָֽבְדָה֙ (’ā·ḇə·ḏāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6.htm">Strong's 6: </a> To wander away, lose oneself, to perish it has disappeared וְנִכְרְתָ֖ה (wə·niḵ·rə·ṯāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3772.htm">Strong's 3772: </a> To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant from their lips. מִפִּיהֶֽם׃ (mip·pî·hem) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6310.htm">Strong's 6310: </a> The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/7-28.htm">Jeremiah 7:28 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/7-28.htm">Jeremiah 7:28 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/jeremiah/7-28.htm">Jeremiah 7:28 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/7-28.htm">Jeremiah 7:28 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/7-28.htm">Jeremiah 7:28 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/7-28.htm">Jeremiah 7:28 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/7-28.htm">Jeremiah 7:28 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/7-28.htm">Jeremiah 7:28 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/7-28.htm">Jeremiah 7:28 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/jeremiah/7-28.htm">Jeremiah 7:28 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-28.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 7:28 You shall tell them This (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/7-27.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 7:27"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 7:27" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/7-29.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 7:29"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 7:29" /></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>