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Text -- Jeremiah 7:18-34 (NET)
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7:18 Children are gathering firewood , fathers are building fires with it, and women are mixing dough to bake cakes to offer to the goddess they call the Queen of Heaven . They are also pouring out drink offerings to other gods . They seem to do all this just to trouble me.
7:19 But I am not really the one being troubled !” says the Lord . “Rather they are bringing trouble on themselves to their own shame !
7:20 So ,” the Lord God says , “my raging fury will be poured out on this land . It will be poured out on human beings and animals , on trees and crops . And it will burn like a fire which cannot be extinguished .”
7:21 The Lord said to the people of Judah, “The Lord God of Israel who rules over all says : ‘You might as well go ahead and add the meat of your burnt offerings to that of the other sacrifices and eat it , too!
7:22 Consider this: When I spoke to your ancestors after I brought them out of Egypt , I did not merely give them commands about burnt offerings and sacrifices .
7:23 I also explicitly commanded them: “Obey me. If you do, I will be your God and you will be my people . Live exactly the way I tell you and things will go well with you.”
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 .
7:25 From the time your ancestors departed the land of Egypt until now , I sent my servants the prophets to you again and again, day after day .
7:26 But your ancestors did not listen to me nor pay attention to me. They became obstinate and were more wicked than even their own forefathers .’”
7:27 Then the Lord said to me, “When you tell them all this , they will not listen to you. When you call out to them, they will not respond to you.
7:28 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.
7:29 So, mourn, you people of this nation. Cut off your hair and throw it away . Sing a song of mourning on the hilltops . For the Lord has decided to reject and forsake this generation that has provoked his wrath !’”
7:30 The Lord says , “I have rejected them because the people of Judah have done what I consider evil . They have set up their disgusting idols in the temple which I have claimed for my own and have defiled it.
7:31 They have also built places of worship in a place called Topheth in the Valley of Ben Hinnom so that they can sacrifice their sons and daughters by fire . That is something I never commanded them to do! Indeed, it never even entered my mind to command such a thing!
7:32 So , watch out !” says the Lord . “The time will soon come when people will no longer call those places Topheth or the Valley of Ben Hinnom . But they will call that valley the Valley of Slaughter and they will bury so many people in Topheth they will run out of room .
7:33 Then the dead bodies of these people will be left on the ground for the birds and wild animals to eat . There will not be any survivors to scare them away.
7:34 I will put an end to the sounds of joy and gladness, or the glad celebration of brides and grooms throughout the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem . For the whole land will become a desolate wasteland.”
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Idolatry |
Condescension of God |
Backsliders |
Israel |
Impenitence |
HIGH PLACE |
Offerings |
TOPHETH |
Bread |
CRITICISM |
Wicked |
God |
HAIR |
QUEEN OF HEAVEN |
Jerusalem |
MARRIAGE |
HINNOM, VALLEY OF |
Sin |
ISRAEL, RELIGION OF, 2 |
Queen |
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NET Notes -> Jer 7:18; Jer 7:18; Jer 7:18; Jer 7:19; Jer 7:19; Jer 7:20; Jer 7:20; Jer 7:20; Jer 7:21; Jer 7:21; Jer 7:21; Jer 7:21; Jer 7:21; Jer 7:22; Jer 7:23; Jer 7:23; Jer 7:23; Jer 7:24; Jer 7:25; Jer 7:25; Jer 7:25; Jer 7:26; Jer 7:26; Jer 7:27; Jer 7:28; Jer 7:28; Jer 7:29; Jer 7:29; Jer 7:29; Jer 7:29; Jer 7:29; Jer 7:30; Jer 7:30; Jer 7:30; Jer 7:30; Jer 7:31; Jer 7:31; Jer 7:31; Jer 7:31; Jer 7:31; Jer 7:32; Jer 7:32; Jer 7:32; Jer 7:33
NET Notes: Jer 7:18 Heb “to provoke me.” There is debate among grammarians and lexicographers about the nuance of the Hebrew particle לְמ...
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NET Notes: Jer 7:19 Heb “Is it not themselves to their own shame?” The rhetorical question expects a positive answer which is made explicit in the translation...
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NET Notes: Jer 7:21 All of the burnt offering, including the meat, was to be consumed on the altar (e.g., Lev 1:6-9). The meat of the other sacrifices could be eaten by t...
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NET Notes: Jer 7:22 Heb “For” but this introduces a long explanation about the relative importance of sacrifice and obedience.
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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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NET Notes: Jer 7:25 There is some textual debate about the legitimacy of this expression here. The text reads merely “day” (יוֹם, yom)...
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NET Notes: Jer 7:27 The words, “Then the Lord said to me” are not in the text but are implicit in the shift from the second and third person plural pronouns i...
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NET Notes: Jer 7:30 Heb “the house which is called by my name.” Cf. 7:10, 11, 14 and see the translator’s note 7:10 for the explanation for this renderi...
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NET Notes: Jer 7:31 Heb “It never entered my heart.” The words “to command such a thing” do not appear in the Hebrew but are added for the sake of...
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