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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 7:3 - King James
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Jer 7:3 |
King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
cause you to dwell--permit you still to dwell (Jer 18:11; Jer 26:13). |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
If the people repented, instead of being led into captivity, God would maintain their national existence. It is a promise of the continuance of an old blessing. |
13 Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the LORD your God; and the LORD will repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you.
11 Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good.