Jeremiah 7:3

Green's Literal Translation

So says Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will let you dwell in this place.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“‘This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: Correct your ways and your actions, and I will allow you to live in this place.

Hebrew Names Version
Thus says the LORD of Hosts, the God of Yisra'el, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.

King James Version
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.

English Standard Version
Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Amend your ways and your deeds, and I will let you dwell in this place.

New American Standard Bible
This is what the LORD of armies, the God of Israel says: "Amend your ways and your deeds, and I will let you live in this place.

New Century Version
This is what the Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, says: Change your lives and do what is right! Then I will let you live in this place.

Amplified Bible
Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, "Change your ways and your behavior, and I will let you live in this place.

World English Bible
Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Thus sayeth the Lord of hostes, the God of Israel, Amend your waies and your woorkes, and I will let you dwell in this place.

Legacy Standard Bible
Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, "Make your ways and your deeds good, and I will let you dwell in this place.

Berean Standard Bible
Thus says the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel: Correct your ways and your deeds, and I will allow you to live in this place.

Complete Jewish Bible
Here is what Adonai -Tzva'ot, the God of Isra'el, says: "Improve your ways and actions, and I will let you stay in this place.

Darby Translation
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.

Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, says: Change your lives and do good things. If you do this, I will let you live in this place.

George Lamsa Translation
Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.

Lexham English Bible
Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, "Make your ways and your deeds good and let me dwell with you in this place.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel. Amende youre wayes and youre councels, and I wil let you dwell in this place.

American Standard Version
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.

Bible in Basic English
The Lord of armies, the God of Israel, says, Let your ways and your doings be changed for the better and I will let you go on living in this place.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
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.

King James Version (1611)
Thus saith the Lord of hostes the God of Israel; Amend your wayes, and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thus saith the Lorde of hoastes, the God of Israel: Amende your wayes and your counsels, and I wyll let you dwell in this place.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Correct your ways and your devices, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.

English Revised Version
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.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The Lord of oostis, God of Israel, seith these thingis, Make ye good youre weies, and youre studies, and Y schal dwelle with you in this place.

Update Bible Version
Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

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

New King James Version
Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: "Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.

New Living Translation
This is what the Lord of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel, says: "‘Even now, if you quit your evil ways, I will let you stay in your own land.

New Life Bible
The Lord of All, the God of Israel, says, "Change your ways and your works for the better, and I will let you live in this place.

New Revised Standard
Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Amend your ways and your doings, and let me dwell with you in this place.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts God of Israel, Amend your ways, and your doings, - That I may cause you to dwell in this place.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Make your ways and your doings good: and I will dwell with you in this place.

Revised Standard Version
Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will let you dwell in this place.

Young's Literal Translation
Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, Amend your ways, and your doings, And I cause you to dwell in this place.

THE MESSAGE
"‘Clean up your act—the way you live, the things you do—so I can make my home with you in this place. Don't for a minute believe the lies being spoken here—"This is God 's Temple, God 's Temple, God 's Temple!" Total nonsense! Only if you clean up your act (the way you live, the things you do), only if you do a total spring cleaning on the way you live and treat your neighbors, only if you quit exploiting the street people and orphans and widows, no longer taking advantage of innocent people on this very site and no longer destroying your souls by using this Temple as a front for other gods—only then will I move into your neighborhood. Only then will this country I gave your ancestors be my permanent home, my Temple.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, "Amend your ways and your deeds, and I will let you dwell in this place.

Contextual Overview

¹ The Word that came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying, ² Stand in the gate of the house of Jehovah and call out there this Word, and say, Hear the Word of Jehovah all Judah, who enter in at these gates to worship Jehovah. ³ So says Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will let you dwell in this place. ⁴ Do not trust yourself to lying words, saying, The temple of Jehovah! The temple of Jehovah! This is the temple of Jehovah! ⁵ For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; if you truly practice justice between a man and his neighbor; ⁶ if you do not oppress the stranger, the orphan, and the widow; and do not pour out innocent blood in this place, or walk after other gods to your evil; ⁷ then I will let you dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, from forever and to forever. ⁸ Behold, you trust for yourself on lying words without being of use. ⁹ Will you steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods whom you do not know? ¹⁰ And will you then come and stand before Me in this house on which My name is called, and say, We are delivered in order to do all those detestable things.

Bible Verse Review
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Amend: Jeremiah 7:5-7, Jeremiah 18:11, Jeremiah 26:13, Jeremiah 35:15, Proverbs 28:13, Isaiah 1:16-19, Isaiah 55:7, Ezekiel 18:30, Ezekiel 18:31, Ezekiel 33:4-11, Matthew 3:8-10, James 4:8

Reciprocal: Leviticus 25:18 - and ye Numbers 16:3 - all the Deuteronomy 29:19 - that he bless 2 Kings 17:13 - Turn ye 2 Kings 21:8 - only if they Job 36:10 - commandeth Isaiah 56:1 - Keep Jeremiah 6:8 - Be thou Jeremiah 18:8 - that nation Hosea 4:1 - no truth Amos 5:14 - as Micah 6:8 - to do Zechariah 1:4 - Turn

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel,.... The Lord of armies above and below in general, and the God of Israel in particular; wherefore they ought to hearken to what he was about to say, and to be obedient to him:

amend your ways and your doings; or, "make them good" l; which shows that they were bad, and were not agreeable to the law and will of God, to which they ought to have been conformed; and the way to amend them was to act according to the rule of the divine word they were favoured with:

and I will cause you to dwell in this place; to continue to dwell in Jerusalem, and in Judea, the land of their nativity, and in the temple, the house of God, and place of religious worship; but, if not, it is suggested that they should not continue here, but be carried captive into a strange land.

l היטיבו דרכיכם "bonas facite vias vestras", V. L. Munster, Pagninus, Montanus; "efficite", &c. Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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.