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Text -- Jeremiah 7:24 (NET)

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7:24 But they did not listen to me or pay any attention to me. They followed the stubborn inclinations of their own wicked hearts. They acted worse and worse instead of better.
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JFB: Jer 7:24 - -- They did not give even a partial hearing to Me (Psa 81:11-12).

They did not give even a partial hearing to Me (Psa 81:11-12).

JFB: Jer 7:24 - -- Rather, as Margin, "the stubbornness"

Rather, as Margin, "the stubbornness"

JFB: Jer 7:24 - -- (Jer 2:27; Jer 32:33; Hos 4:16).

Calvin: Jer 7:24 - -- They hearkened not nor inclined their ear Here the Prophet shews, that the Jews did not then begin to be rebellious against God and his word; for they...

They hearkened not nor inclined their ear Here the Prophet shews, that the Jews did not then begin to be rebellious against God and his word; for they imitated the impious contumacy of their fathers: and he dwells on this more at large. He now says, “I gave no command about sacrifices, but only this one thing I required of your fathers, to obey me.” They hearkened not, he says. What could have been a juster demand than that they should obey God? How great, then, and how base an indignity it was, to reject his authority? Nay, still more, they inclined not the ear: for by this phrase the Prophet means not only a contempt of his word and indifference, but their obstinacy and willfulness, inasmuch as they had hardened themselves against God. Hypocrites do, indeed, sometimes incline the ear, and wish to know what is said, and in some measure consider it: but the Prophet here sets forth as it were the insane contumacy of the Jews, for they inclined not, no, not even the ear to God speaking to them.

He afterwards adds, that they walked in their tortuous counsels, and also, in the wickedness of their evil heart 206 This comparison aggravates their sin, — the Jews preferred to follow their own humor rather than to obey God and his commands. Had anything been set before them, which might have deceived them and obscured the authority of the law, there would have been some excuse: but when there was nothing to prevent them from obeying the command of God, except that they followed their own foolish imaginations, they were wholly inexcusable. For what excuse could they have made? That they wished to be wiser than God! How great a madness was this, and how diabolical? But the Prophet leaves them nothing but this vain excuse, which doubled their guilt. They thought, no doubt, that their heart was well fitted for the purpose: but he does not here allow them to judge, but distinctly condemns them as they deserved.

We ought to take particular notice of this passage; for the majority of men at this day set up their own fictions against God’s word. The Papists indeed pretend antiquity; they say that they have been taught by their ancestors; and at the same time they plead councils and the ordinances of the fathers: but yet there is not one of them, who is not addicted to his own figments, and who does not take the liberty, nay, an unbridled license, to reject whatever he pleases. Moreover, if the origin of the whole Papal worship be considered, it will appear, that those who first devised so many strange superstitions, were only impelled by audacity and presumption, in order that they might trample under foot the word of God. Hence it is, that all things are become corrupt; for they brought in all the strange figments of their own brains. And we see that the Papists at this day are so perversely fixed in their own errors, that they prefer themselves and their own trumperies to God. And the same is the case also with all heretics. What then is to be done? Obedience, as I have said, is to be held as the basis of all true religion. If, then, on the other hand, we wish to render our worship approved by God, let us learn to cast aside whatever is our own, so that his authority may prevail over all our reasons.

Let us further notice how detestable a sacrilege it is, to follow the wickedness of our heart rather than to obey God, when he shews to us, as by the finger, the way of salvation. Let us also observe, that nothing will then do us good, though we may seem to ourselves to be very wise, and praise ourselves in our folly; for God declares here that our heart is evil whenever we turn aside from his pure word.

He says, that they were behind and not before By this phrase he intimates that the Jews turned the back, that they might not look at him or go forward. For when one promises to be our leader to conduct us in the way, we immediately turn our eyes to him; but when we turn our back, it is a proof of our contempt. And thus God complains of his people, that he was despised by them; for they had not only been deaf to the prophetic teaching and admonitions, but had also turned their faces another way, as a proof of a contumacy still worse, so that they forsook him, and as it were bade him to be gone. 207 This is the import of the last sentence. We shall proceed to-morrow.

TSK: Jer 7:24 - -- they : Jer 7:26, Jer 11:7, Jer 11:8; Exo 32:7, Exo 32:8; Neh 9:16-20; Psa 81:11, Psa 81:12, 106:7-48; Eze 20:8, Eze 20:13, Eze 20:16, Eze 20:21 walked...

they : Jer 7:26, Jer 11:7, Jer 11:8; Exo 32:7, Exo 32:8; Neh 9:16-20; Psa 81:11, Psa 81:12, 106:7-48; Eze 20:8, Eze 20:13, Eze 20:16, Eze 20:21

walked : Jer 23:17; Deu 29:19

imagination : or, stubbornness, Jer 3:17 *marg.

went : Heb. were

backward : Jer 7:26, Jer 2:27, Jer 8:5, Jer 32:33; Neh 9:29; Hos 4:16

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Barnes: Jer 7:24 - -- Imagination - Better, as in the margin. And went backward - literally, as in the margin; i. e., they turned their back upon Me to follow ...

Imagination - Better, as in the margin.

And went backward - literally, as in the margin; i. e., they turned their back upon Me to follow their own devices.

Poole: Jer 7:24 - -- Nor inclined their ear: it notes something of a higher degree of non-attention than bare not hearkening, viz. their not listening that they might obe...

Nor inclined their ear: it notes something of a higher degree of non-attention than bare not hearkening, viz. their not listening that they might obey what they hear, Jer 7:26 11:8 , noting not only their slightness, but their stiffness.

The imagination or stubbornness . See Jer 3:17 .

Went backward and not forward, like restive beasts; see Jer 2:27 ; a sign of their contempt; implying either,

1. They were worse by their admonitions and corrections, and so nothing did thrive with them. Or,

2. From the very first they have gone further and further from me, as Jer 7:25,26 .

3. Or else depending upon their outward services, they set not my commands before their eyes, but cast my true worship behind their backs, Mat 23:23 .

Gill: Jer 7:24 - -- But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear,.... Neither to the law that was given them, nor to the promises that were made unto them, this was the...

But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear,.... Neither to the law that was given them, nor to the promises that were made unto them, this was the case of the Jewish fathers, and also of their posterity, to whom belonged the law, and the promises, and the service of God:

but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart; what their evil heart imagined, advised and directed to, that they attended to, walked in, and pursued after. The heart of man is evil; it is desperately wicked, even wickedness itself; and so is every thought and every imagination of the thoughts of it and all its counsels, machinations and contrivances; and therefore the consequence of walking in these, or steering the course of life according to them, must be bad:

and went backward, and not forward; they went backwards from the ways of God, and walked not in them. The Targum is,

"they turned the back in my worship, and did not put my fear before their face;''

or else this may design, not their sin, but their punishment, as Kimchi interprets it; they did not prosper, but suffered adversity; a curse, and not a blessing, attended the works of their hands.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Jer 7:24 Or “They went backward and not forward”; Heb “They were to the backward and not to the forward.” The two phrases used here app...

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: Jer 7:1-34 - --1 Jeremiah is sent to call to true repentance, to prevent the Jews' captivity.8 He rejects their vain confidence,12 by the example of Shiloh.17 He thr...

MHCC: Jer 7:21-28 - --God shows that obedience was required of them. That which God commanded was, Hearken diligently to the voice of the Lord thy God. The promise is very ...

Matthew Henry: Jer 7:21-28 - -- God, having shown the people that the temple would not protect them while they polluted it with their wickedness, here shows them that their sacrifi...

Keil-Delitzsch: Jer 7:16-28 - -- This punishment will be turned aside, neither by intercession, because the people re 2 fuses to give up its idolatry, nor by sacrifice, which God d...

Keil-Delitzsch: Jer 7:24-26 - -- But they have not regarded that which was foremost and most cardinal in the law. They hearkened not, sc. to my voice; and instead of walking in the ...

Constable: Jer 2:1--45:5 - --II. Prophecies about Judah chs. 2--45 The first series of prophetic announcements, reflections, and incidents th...

Constable: Jer 2:1--25:38 - --A. Warnings of judgment on Judah and Jerusalem chs. 2-25 Chapters 2-25 contain warnings and appeals to t...

Constable: Jer 7:1--10:25 - --2. Warnings about apostasy and its consequences chs. 7-10 This is another collection of Jeremiah...

Constable: Jer 7:1--8:4 - --Aspects of false religion 7:1-8:3 All the messages in this section deal with departure f...

Constable: Jer 7:21-28 - --Obedience as opposed to mere sacrifice 7:21-28 This seems to be a new message from the Lord. It is a good example of prophetic indictments of Israel's...

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Introduction / Outline

JFB: Jeremiah (Book Introduction) JEREMIAH, son of Hilkiah, one of the ordinary priests, dwelling in Anathoth of Benjamin (Jer 1:1), not the Hilkiah the high priest who discovered the ...

JFB: Jeremiah (Outline) EXPOSTULATION WITH THE JEWS, REMINDING THEM OF THEIR FORMER DEVOTEDNESS, AND GOD'S CONSEQUENT FAVOR, AND A DENUNCIATION OF GOD'S COMING JUDGMENTS FOR...

TSK: Jeremiah 7 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Jer 7:1, Jeremiah is sent to call to true repentance, to prevent the Jews’ captivity; Jer 7:8, He rejects their vain confidence, Jer 7:...

Poole: Jeremiah (Book Introduction) BOOK OF THE PROPHET JEREMIAH THE ARGUMENT IT was the great unhappiness of this prophet to be a physician to, but that could not save, a dying sta...

Poole: Jeremiah 7 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 7 . A call to true repentance, Jer 7:1-7 ; and not, living in theft, murder, adultery, perjury, &c.. to trust in the outward worship and tem...

MHCC: Jeremiah (Book Introduction) Jeremiah was a priest, a native of Anathoth, in the tribe of Benjamin. He was called to the prophetic office when very young, about seventy years afte...

MHCC: Jeremiah 7 (Chapter Introduction) (v. 1-16) Confidence in the temple is vain. (Jer 7:17-20) The provocation by persisting in idolatry. (Jer 7:21-28) God justifies his dealings with t...

Matthew Henry: Jeremiah (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Book of the Prophet Jeremiah The Prophecies of the Old Testament, as the Epistles of the New, are p...

Matthew Henry: Jeremiah 7 (Chapter Introduction) The prophet having in God's name reproved the people for their sins, and given them warning of the judgments of God that were coming upon them, in ...

Constable: Jeremiah (Book Introduction) Introduction Title The title of this book derives from its writer, the late seventh an...

Constable: Jeremiah (Outline) Outline I. Introduction ch. 1 A. The introduction of Jeremiah 1:1-3 B. T...

Constable: Jeremiah Jeremiah Bibliography Aharoni, Yohanan, and Michael Avi-Yonah. The Macmillan Bible Atlas. Revised ed. London: C...

Haydock: Jeremiah (Book Introduction) THE PROPHECY OF JEREMIAS. INTRODUCTION. Jeremias was a priest, a native of Anathoth, a priestly city, in the tribe of Benjamin, and was sanct...

Gill: Jeremiah (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH The title of the book in the Vulgate Latin version is, "the Prophecy of Jeremiah"; in the Syriac and Arabic versions, "the...

Gill: Jeremiah 7 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 7 In this chapter the Lord, by the prophet, calls the people of the Jews to repentance and reformation; reproves them for ...

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