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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 7:23 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 7:23 |
Strong Concordance |
But this thing [01697] commanded [06680] I them, saying [0559], Obey [08085] my voice [06963], and I will be your God [0430], and ye shall be my people [05971]: and walk [01980] ye in all the ways [01870] that I have commanded [06680] you, that it may be well [03190] unto you. |
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King James |
But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you. |
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] |
| (Exo 15:26; Exo 19:5). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Obey ... - These words are not found verbatim in the Pentateuch, but are a sum mary of its principles. Sacrifice is never the final cause of the covenant, but always obedience (Exo 19:5-6; Lev 11:45. Compare Exo. 20; Deut. 11, in which the moral object of the Mosaic dispensation is most clearly taught). In connection with Jeremiah's argument, notice that Amo 5:25 (taken in conjunction with Jos 5:2-7) proves that the ceremonial law was not observed during the 40 years' wandering in the wilderness. A thing so long in abeyance in the very time of its founder, could not be of primary importance. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
This thing commanded I them - Obey my voice - It was not sacrifices and oblations which I required of your fathers in the wilderness, but obedience; it was to walk in that way of righteousness which I have commanded; then I should have acknowledged them for my people, and I should have been their God, and then it would have been well with them. But to my commands,
1. They hearkened not - paid no regard to my word.
2. They inclined not the ear - showed no disposition to attend to my counsels.
3. They walked in the imaginations of their evil heart - followed its irregular and impure motions, rather than the holy dictates of my Spirit.
4. They went backward and not forward. Instead of becoming more wise, obedient, and holy, they grew more corrupt; so that they became more profligate than their fathers. |
5 Now therefore, if ye will obey [08085] my voice [06963] indeed [08085], and keep [08104] my covenant [01285], then ye shall be a peculiar treasure [05459] unto me above all people [05971]: for all the earth [0776] is mine:
26 And said [0559], If thou wilt diligently [08085] hearken [08085] to the voice [06963] of the LORD [03068] thy God [0430], and wilt do [06213] that which is right [03477] in his sight [05869], and wilt give ear [0238] to his commandments [04687], and keep [08104] all his statutes [02706], I will put [07760] none of these diseases [04245] upon thee, which I have brought [07760] upon the Egyptians [04714]: for I am the LORD [03068] that healeth [07495] thee.
2 At that time [06256] the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto Joshua [03091], Make [06213] thee sharp [06697] knives [02719], and circumcise [04135] again [07725] the children [01121] of Israel [03478] the second time [08145].
3 And Joshua [03091] made [06213] him sharp [06697] knives [02719], and circumcised [04135] the children [01121] of Israel [03478] at the hill [01389] of the foreskins [06190].
4 And this is the cause [01697] why Joshua [03091] did circumcise [04135]: All the people [05971] that came out [03318] of Egypt [04714], that were males [02145], even all the men [0582] of war [04421], died [04191] in the wilderness [04057] by the way [01870], after they came out [03318] of Egypt [04714].
5 Now [03588] all the people [05971] that came out [03318] were circumcised [04135]: but all the people [05971] that were born [03209] in the wilderness [04057] by the way [01870] as they came forth [03318] out of Egypt [04714], them they had not circumcised [04135].
6 For the children [01121] of Israel [03478] walked [01980] forty [0705] years [08141] in the wilderness [04057], till all the people [01471] that were men [0582] of war [04421], which came out [03318] of Egypt [04714], were consumed [08552], because they obeyed [08085] not the voice [06963] of the LORD [03068]: unto whom the LORD [03068] sware [07650] that he would not shew [07200] them the land [0776], which the LORD [03068] sware [07650] unto their fathers [01] that he would give [05414] us, a land [0776] that floweth [02100] with milk [02461] and honey [01706].
7 And their children [01121], whom he raised up [06965] in their stead, them Joshua [03091] circumcised [04135]: for they were uncircumcised [06189], because they had not circumcised [04135] them by the way [01870].
25 Have ye offered [05066] unto me sacrifices [02077] and offerings [04503] in the wilderness [04057] forty [0705] years [08141], O house [01004] of Israel [03478]?
45 For I am the LORD [03068] that bringeth [05927] you up out of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], to be your God [0430]: ye shall therefore be holy [06918], for I am holy [06918].
5 Now therefore, if ye will obey [08085] my voice [06963] indeed [08085], and keep [08104] my covenant [01285], then ye shall be a peculiar treasure [05459] unto me above all people [05971]: for all the earth [0776] is mine:
6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom [04467] of priests [03548], and an holy [06918] nation [01471]. These are the words [01697] which thou shalt speak [01696] unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478].