Jeremiah 7:3

7:3 The Lord God of Israel who rules over all ¹  says: Change the way you have been living and do what is right. ²  If you do, I will allow you to continue to live in this land. ³ 

Jeremiah 7:5

7:5 You must change ⁴  the way you have been living and do what is right. You must treat one another fairly. ⁵ 

Jeremiah 26:13

26:13 But correct the way you have been living and do what is right. ⁶  Obey the Lord your God. If you do, the Lord will forgo destroying you as he threatened he would. ⁷ 

[7:3]  ¹ tn Heb “Yahweh of armies, the God Israel.”

[7:3]  ² tn Or “Make good your ways and your actions.” J. Bright’s translation (“Reform the whole pattern of your conduct”; Jeremiah [AB], 52) is excellent.

[7:3]  ³ tn Heb “place” but this might be misunderstood to refer to the temple.

[7:5]  ⁴ tn The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verb for emphasis.

[7:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “you must do justice between a person and his fellow/neighbor.” The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verb for emphasis.

[26:13]  ⁷ tn Heb “Make good your ways and your actions.” For the same expression see 7:3, 5; 18:11.

[26:13]  ⁸ tn For the idiom and translation of terms involved here see 18:8 and the translator’s note there.