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only if you stop your murdering; and only if you stop harming yourselves by worshiping idols. <a href="/esv/jeremiah/7.htm">English Standard Version</a> if you do not oppress the sojourner, the fatherless, or the widow, or shed innocent blood in this place, and if you do not go after other gods to your own harm, <a href="/bsb/jeremiah/7.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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, <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/7.htm">King James Bible</a> If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt: <a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/7.htm">New King James Version</a> if you do not oppress the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, or walk after other gods to your hurt, <a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/7.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> if you do not oppress the stranger, the orphan, or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, nor follow other gods to your own ruin, <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/7.htm">NASB 1995</a> if you do not oppress the alien, the orphan, or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, nor walk after other gods to your own ruin, <a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/7.htm">NASB 1977 </a> if you do not oppress the alien, the orphan, or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, nor walk after other gods to your own ruin, <a href="/lsb/jeremiah/7.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> if you do not oppress the sojourner, the orphan, or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, nor walk after other gods to your own evil demise, <a href="/amp/jeremiah/7.htm">Amplified Bible</a> if you do not oppress the transient and the foreigner, the orphan, or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood [by oppression and by unjust judicial murders] in Jerusalem, nor follow after other gods to your own ruin, <a href="/csb/jeremiah/7.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> if you no longer oppress the resident alien, the fatherless, and the widow and no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods, bringing harm on yourselves, <a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/7.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> if you no longer oppress the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow and no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods, bringing harm on yourselves, <a href="/asv/jeremiah/7.htm">American Standard Version</a> if ye oppress not the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your own hurt: <a href="/cev/jeremiah/7.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Stop taking advantage of foreigners, orphans, and widows. Don't kill innocent people. And stop worshiping other gods. <a href="/erv/jeremiah/7.htm">English Revised Version</a> if ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your own hurt: <a href="/gwt/jeremiah/7.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Suppose you do not oppress foreigners, orphans, and widows, or kill anyone in this place. And suppose you do not follow other gods that lead you to your own destruction. <a href="/gnt/jeremiah/7.htm">Good News Translation</a> Stop taking advantage of aliens, orphans, and widows. Stop killing innocent people in this land. Stop worshiping other gods, for that will destroy you. <a href="/isv/jeremiah/7.htm">International Standard Version</a> and if you don't oppress the alien, the orphan, and the widow, and don't shed an innocent person's blood in this place, and if you don't follow other gods to your own harm, <a href="/msb/jeremiah/7.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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, <a href="/net/jeremiah/7.htm">NET Bible</a> Stop oppressing foreigners who live in your land, children who have lost their fathers, and women who have lost their husbands. Stop killing innocent people in this land. Stop paying allegiance to other gods. That will only bring about your ruin. <a href="/nheb/jeremiah/7.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> if you do not oppress the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your own hurt: <a href="/wbt/jeremiah/7.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt: <a href="/web/jeremiah/7.htm">World English Bible</a> if you don’t oppress the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, and don’t shed innocent blood in this place, and don’t walk after other gods to your own hurt, <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/7.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> You do not oppress sojourner, fatherless, and widow, "" And innocent blood is not shed in this place, "" And [you] do not walk after other gods, for evil to yourselves, <a href="/ylt/jeremiah/7.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Sojourner, fatherless, and widow, ye oppress not, And innocent blood do not shed in this place, And after other gods do not walk, for evil to yourselves, <a href="/slt/jeremiah/7.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Ye shall not oppress the stranger, the orphan and the widow, and innocent blood ye shall not pour out in this place, and after other gods ye shall not go, for evil to you;<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/jeremiah/7.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> If you opress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, and walk not after strange gods to your own hurt, <a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/7.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> if you do not act with deceit toward the new arrival, the orphan, and the widow, and if you do not pour out innocent blood in this place, and if you do not walk after strange gods, which is to your own harm, <a href="/nabre/jeremiah/7.htm">New American Bible</a> if you no longer oppress the alien, the orphan, and the widow; if you no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow after other gods to your own harm, <a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/7.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> if you do not oppress the alien, the orphan, and the widow, or shed innocent blood in this place, and if you do not go after other gods to your own hurt,<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/7.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> If you do not defraud and oppress the strangers, the fatherless, and the widows, and do not shed innocent blood in this country, neither walk after other gods to your hurt: <a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/7.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And the settler and the orphan and the widow you shall not cheat and you shall not oppress, and innocent blood you shall not shed in this place, and after other gods you shall not go that we would do harm to you.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/jeremiah/7.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> if ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt; <a href="/sep/jeremiah/7.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> and oppress not the stranger, and the orphan, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, and go not after strange gods to your hurt: <a href="/parallel/jeremiah/7-6.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=2126" 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">Jeremiah's Message at the Temple Gate</a> …5For if you really correct your ways and deeds, if you act justly toward one another, 6<a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">if you no</a> <a href="/hebrew/6231.htm" title="6231: ṯa·‘ă·šō·qū (V-Qal-Imperf-2mp) -- To oppress, wrong, extort. A primitive root; to press upon, i.e. Oppress, defraud, violate, overflow.">longer oppress</a> <a href="/hebrew/1616.htm" title="1616: gêr (N-ms) -- A sojourner. Or geyr; from guwr; properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner.">the foreigner</a> <a href="/hebrew/3490.htm" title="3490: yā·ṯō·wm (N-ms) -- An orphan. From an unused root meaning to be lonely; a bereaved person.">and the fatherless</a> <a href="/hebrew/490.htm" title="490: wə·’al·mā·nāh (Conj-w:: N-fs) -- A widow. Fem of 'alman; a widow; also a desolate place.">and the widow,</a> <a href="/hebrew/408.htm" title="408: ’al- (Adv) -- Not (a subjective neg.). A negative particle; not; once as a noun, nothing.">and if you no</a> <a href="/hebrew/8210.htm" title="8210: tiš·pə·ḵū (V-Qal-Imperf-2mp) -- To pour out, pour. A primitive root; to spill forth; also to expend; intensively, to sprawl out.">longer shed</a> <a href="/hebrew/5355.htm" title="5355: nā·qî (Adj-ms) -- Clean, free from, exempt. Or naqiyi,; from naqah; innocent.">innocent</a> <a href="/hebrew/1818.htm" title="1818: wə·ḏām (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- Blood. From damam; blood of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively bloodshed.">blood</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> <a href="/hebrew/310.htm" title="310: wə·’a·ḥă·rê (Conj-w:: Prep) -- The hind or following part. From 'achar; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after.">or follow</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: ṯê·lə·ḵū (V-Qal-Imperf-2mp) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk."></a> <a href="/hebrew/312.htm" title="312: ’ă·ḥê·rîm (Adj-mp) -- Another. From 'achar; properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc.">other</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles."></a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hîm (N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">gods</a> <a href="/hebrew/7451.htm" title="7451: lə·ra‘ (Prep-l:: Adj-ms) -- Bad, evil. From ra'a'; bad or evil.">to your own harm,</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- "></a> 7then I will let you live in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever.…<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="/exodus/22-22.htm">Exodus 22:22-24</a> You must not mistreat any widow or orphan. / If you do mistreat them, and they cry out to Me in distress, I will surely hear their cry. / My anger will be kindled, and I will kill you with the sword; then your wives will become widows and your children will be fatherless. <a href="/deuteronomy/10-18.htm">Deuteronomy 10:18</a> He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing. <a href="/zechariah/7-10.htm">Zechariah 7:10</a> Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. And do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.’ <a href="/isaiah/1-17.htm">Isaiah 1:17</a> Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.” <a href="/james/1-27.htm">James 1:27</a> 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. <a href="/psalms/82-3.htm">Psalm 82:3-4</a> 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. <a href="/malachi/3-5.htm">Malachi 3:5</a> “Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts. <a href="/proverbs/23-10.htm">Proverbs 23:10-11</a> Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless, / for their Redeemer is strong; He will take up their case against you. <a href="/matthew/23-14.htm">Matthew 23:14</a> Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter. <a href="/ezekiel/22-7.htm">Ezekiel 22:7</a> Father and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the fatherless and the widow are oppressed. <a href="/isaiah/10-1.htm">Isaiah 10:1-2</a> Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and issue oppressive decrees, / to deprive the poor of fair treatment and withhold justice from the oppressed of My people, to make widows their prey and orphans their plunder. <a href="/amos/5-11.htm">Amos 5:11-12</a> Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted. / For I know that your transgressions are many and your sins are numerous. You oppress the righteous by taking bribes; you deprive the poor of justice in the gate. <a href="/luke/20-46.htm">Luke 20:46-47</a> “Beware of the scribes. They like to walk around in long robes, and they love the greetings in the marketplaces, the chief seats in the synagogues, and the places of honor at banquets. / They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.” <a href="/job/29-12.htm">Job 29:12-13</a> because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper. / The dying man blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy. <a href="/hosea/14-3.htm">Hosea 14:3</a> Assyria will not save us, nor will we ride on horses. We will never again say, ‘Our gods!’ to the work of our own hands. For in You the fatherless find compassion.”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>If you oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:oppress.<a href="/jeremiah/22-3.htm">Jeremiah 22:3,4,15,16</a> Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place… <a href="/exodus/22-21.htm">Exodus 22:21-25</a> Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt… <a href="/deuteronomy/24-17.htm">Deuteronomy 24:17</a> Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:and shed.<a href="/jeremiah/2-30.htm">Jeremiah 2:30,34</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/22-17.htm">Jeremiah 22:17</a> But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.<a href="/jeremiah/26-15.htm">Jeremiah 26:15,23</a> But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof: for of a truth the LORD hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears… neither walk.<a href="/jeremiah/13-10.htm">Jeremiah 13:10</a> This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing.<a href="/deuteronomy/6-14.htm">Deuteronomy 6:14,15</a> Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are round about you; … <a href="/deuteronomy/8-19.htm">Deuteronomy 8:19</a> And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/62-8.htm">Alien</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-34.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-9.htm">Causing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-28.htm">Child</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-22.htm">Country</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-23.htm">Cruel</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-28.htm">Damage</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-16.htm">Death</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-19.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-28.htm">Fatherless</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-17.htm">Follow</a> <a href="/isaiah/61-5.htm">Foreigner</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-19.htm">Gods</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-12.htm">Harm</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-14.htm">Hurt</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-35.htm">Innocent</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-26.htm">Oppress</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-28.htm">Orphan</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-11.htm">Ruin</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-7.htm">Shed</a> <a href="/psalms/119-19.htm">Sojourner</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-19.htm">Strange</a> <a href="/isaiah/62-8.htm">Stranger</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-11.htm">Upright</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-25.htm">Walk</a> <a href="/isaiah/47-8.htm">Widow</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-4.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/19-4.htm">Alien</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-21.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-8.htm">Causing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-15.htm">Child</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-19.htm">Country</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-19.htm">Cruel</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-9.htm">Damage</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-9.htm">Death</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-24.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-3.htm">Fatherless</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-9.htm">Follow</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-8.htm">Foreigner</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-9.htm">Gods</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-5.htm">Harm</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-11.htm">Hurt</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-4.htm">Innocent</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-20.htm">Oppress</a> <a href="/hosea/14-3.htm">Orphan</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-34.htm">Ruin</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-18.htm">Shed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-8.htm">Sojourner</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-9.htm">Strange</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-8.htm">Stranger</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-5.htm">Upright</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-9.htm">Walk</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-3.htm">Widow</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-8.htm">Yourselves</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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In ancient Israel, foreigners, orphans, and widows were particularly vulnerable due to their lack of social and economic support. The Law of Moses repeatedly commands care for these groups (<a href="/exodus/22-21.htm">Exodus 22:21-24</a>, <a href="/deuteronomy/10-18.htm">Deuteronomy 10:18-19</a>). The prophets often rebuked Israel for failing in this duty, indicating a societal measure of righteousness (<a href="/isaiah/1-17.htm">Isaiah 1:17</a>, <a href="/zechariah/7-10.htm">Zechariah 7:10</a>). The call to cease oppression reflects God's character as a defender of the weak and aligns with Jesus' teachings on loving one's neighbor (<a href="/matthew/25-35.htm">Matthew 25:35-40</a>).and if you no longer shed innocent blood in this place The shedding of innocent blood refers to acts of violence and murder, which were strictly prohibited in the Mosaic Law (<a href="/exodus/20-13.htm">Exodus 20:13</a>). In the context of Jeremiah, this likely includes child sacrifice, a practice condemned by God (<a href="/jeremiah/19-4.htm">Jeremiah 19:4-5</a>). The phrase "in this place" refers to Jerusalem, the center of worship and justice, which had become corrupted. The call to stop such practices is a call to return to covenant faithfulness. This theme is echoed in the New Testament, where Jesus condemns violence and calls for peace (<a href="/matthew/5-21.htm">Matthew 5:21-22</a>).or follow other gods to your own harm Idolatry was a persistent issue for Israel, leading to spiritual and physical consequences. The worship of other gods violated the first commandment (<a href="/exodus/20-3.htm">Exodus 20:3</a>) and often involved immoral practices. Jeremiah warns that such actions lead to the nation's harm, both in terms of divine judgment and societal decay. The prophets consistently linked idolatry with Israel's downfall (<a href="/hosea/4-12.htm">Hosea 4:12-14</a>). In the New Testament, idolatry is expanded to include anything that takes the place of God in one's life (<a href="/colossians/3-5.htm">Colossians 3:5</a>), and believers are urged to worship God alone (<a href="/matthew/4-10.htm">Matthew 4:10</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 hope to the people of Judah. His ministry was marked by calls for repentance and warnings of impending judgment due to the people's unfaithfulness. 2. <a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a> The southern kingdom of Israel, which was facing imminent judgment due to its idolatry and social injustices. Jeremiah's messages were primarily directed towards the people of Judah. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_temple.htm">The Temple</a> The place where Jeremiah delivered this message, emphasizing the importance of true worship and justice over mere ritualistic practices. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_foreigner,_the_fatherless,_and_the_widow.htm">The Foreigner, the Fatherless, and the Widow</a> Represent vulnerable groups in society that God commands His people to protect and care for, highlighting His concern for justice and mercy. 5. <a href="/topical/i/idolatry.htm">Idolatry</a> The worship of other gods, which was a significant issue in Judah, leading to moral and social decay.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/j/justice_and_compassion.htm">Justice and Compassion</a> God calls His people to act justly and show compassion to the vulnerable, reflecting His character and heart for justice. <a href="/topical/t/true_worship.htm">True Worship</a> Worship is not just about rituals but involves living a life that honors God through justice and righteousness. <a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_idolatry.htm">Consequences of Idolatry</a> Idolatry leads to moral decay and social injustice, and God warns of the consequences of turning away from Him. <a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_reform.htm">Repentance and Reform</a> Genuine repentance involves turning away from sin and making tangible changes in how we treat others, especially the marginalized. <a href="/topical/g/god's_heart_for_the_vulnerable.htm">God's Heart for the Vulnerable</a> God's concern for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow is a recurring theme, calling believers to reflect His love and justice in their communities.<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/what_defines_social_justice.htm">What defines social justice?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_charity.htm">What does the Bible say about giving to the poor?</a> <a href="/q/were_dinosaurs_on_noah's_ark.htm">What guidance does the Bible provide about widows?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_about_widows.htm">What guidance does the Bible provide about widows?</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>(6) The stranger, the fatherless, and the widow.--Grouped together, as in <a href="/deuteronomy/14-29.htm" title="And the Levite, (because he has no part nor inheritance with you,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within your gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do.">Deuteronomy 14:29</a>; <a href="/context/deuteronomy/24-19.htm" title="When you cut down your harvest in your field, and have forgot a sheaf in the field, you shall not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.">Deuteronomy 24:19-21</a>, as the three great representatives of the poor and helpless, standing most in need therefore of man's justice and of the divine protection.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/7.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 6. - The stranger, the fatherless, and the widow; specially commended to the care of the Israelites (<a href="/exodus/22-21.htm">Exodus 22:21, 22</a> - a passage belonging to one of the most evidently primitive portions of the Pentateuch; <a href="/deuteronomy/24-17.htm">Deuteronomy 24:17, 19, 21</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/27-19.htm">Deuteronomy 27:19</a>; comp. <a href="/isaiah/1-17.htm">Isaiah 1:17, 23</a>; <a href="/isaiah/10-2.htm">Isaiah 10:2</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/22-7.htm">Ezekiel 22:7</a>). In plus; i.e. specially in Jerusalem, but not altogether excluding the rest of the kingdom (see vers. 3, 7). <a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/7-6.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>if you no לֹ֣א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no longer oppress תַֽעֲשֹׁ֔קוּ (ṯa·‘ă·šō·qū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6231.htm">Strong's 6231: </a> To press upon, oppress, defraud, violate, overflow the foreigner, גֵּ֣ר (gêr) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1616.htm">Strong's 1616: </a> A guest, a foreigner the fatherless, יָת֤וֹם (yā·ṯō·wm) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3490.htm">Strong's 3490: </a> A bereaved person and the widow, וְאַלְמָנָה֙ (wə·’al·mā·nāh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_490.htm">Strong's 490: </a> A widow, a desolate place and no אַֽל־ (’al-) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_408.htm">Strong's 408: </a> Not longer shed תִּשְׁפְּכ֖וּ (tiš·pə·ḵū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8210.htm">Strong's 8210: </a> To spill forth, to expend, to sprawl out innocent נָקִ֔י (nā·qî) Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5355.htm">Strong's 5355: </a> Clean, free from, exempt blood וְדָ֣ם (wə·ḏām) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1818.htm">Strong's 1818: </a> Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed in this הַזֶּ֑ה (haz·zeh) Article | Pronoun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2088.htm">Strong's 2088: </a> This, that place בַּמָּק֣וֹם (bam·mā·qō·wm) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4725.htm">Strong's 4725: </a> A standing, a spot, a condition or follow וְאַחֲרֵ֨י (wə·’a·ḥă·rê) Conjunctive waw | Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_310.htm">Strong's 310: </a> The hind or following part other אֲחֵרִ֛ים (’ă·ḥê·rîm) Adjective - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_312.htm">Strong's 312: </a> Hinder, next, other gods אֱלֹהִ֧ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative to your own harm, לְרַ֥ע (lə·ra‘) Preposition-l | Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7451.htm">Strong's 7451: </a> Bad, evil <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/7-6.htm">Jeremiah 7:6 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/7-6.htm">Jeremiah 7:6 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/jeremiah/7-6.htm">Jeremiah 7:6 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/7-6.htm">Jeremiah 7:6 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/7-6.htm">Jeremiah 7:6 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/7-6.htm">Jeremiah 7:6 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/7-6.htm">Jeremiah 7:6 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/7-6.htm">Jeremiah 7:6 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/7-6.htm">Jeremiah 7:6 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/jeremiah/7-6.htm">Jeremiah 7:6 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-6.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 7:6 If you don't oppress the foreigner (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/7-5.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 7:5"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 7:5" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/7-7.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 7:7"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 7:7" /></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>