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the Week of Proper 11 / Ordinary 16
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New Living Translation

Jeremiah 7:7

Then I will let you stay in this land that I gave to your ancestors to keep forever.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Blessing;   Condescension of God;   Integrity;   Orphan;   Repentance;   Widow;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Fatherless;   Justice;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Widow;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Ethics;   Hypocrisy;   Lamentations, Theology of;   Wealth;   Zechariah, Theology of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Election;   Hope;   Jeremiah;   Jerusalem;   Justice;   Sacrifice and Offering;   Temple of Jerusalem;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Habakkuk;   Jeremiah;   Widow;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Self-Examination;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Josiah;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Duty;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I will allow you to live in this place, the land I gave to your ancestors long ago and forever.
Hebrew Names Version
then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, from of old even forevermore.
King James Version
Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever.
English Standard Version
then I will let you dwell in this place, in the land that I gave of old to your fathers forever.
New American Standard Bible
then I will let you live in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever.
New Century Version
If you do these things, I will let you live in this land that I gave to your ancestors to keep forever.
Amplified Bible
then I will let you live in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers [to live in] forever and ever.
World English Bible
then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, from of old even forevermore.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then will I let you dwell in this place in the lande that I gaue vnto your fathers, for euer and euer.
Legacy Standard Bible
then I will let you dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever.
Berean Standard Bible
then I will allow you to live in this place, in the land I gave to your fathers forever and ever.
Contemporary English Version
Then I will let you enjoy a long life in this land I gave your ancestors.
Complete Jewish Bible
then I will let you stay in this place, in the land I gave to your ancestors forever and ever.
Darby Translation
then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers from of old even for ever.
Easy-to-Read Version
If you obey me, I will let you live in this place. I gave this land to your ancestors for them to keep forever.
George Lamsa Translation
Then I will cause you to dwell in this country, in the land that I gave to your fathers for ever and ever.
Good News Translation
If you change, I will let you go on living here in the land which I gave your ancestors as a permanent possession.
Lexham English Bible
then I will let you dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your ancestors forever and ever.
Literal Translation
then I will let you dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, from forever and to forever.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
then wil I let you dwell in this place, yee in the londe that I gaue afore tyme vnto youre fathers for euer.
American Standard Version
then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, from of old even for evermore.
Bible in Basic English
Then I will let you go on living in this place, in the land which I gave to your fathers in the past and for ever.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever.
King James Version (1611)
Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gaue to your fathers, for euer and euer.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then wyll I let you dwell in this place, yea in the land that I gaue afore tyme to your fathers for euer.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land which I gave to your fathers of old and for ever.
English Revised Version
then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, from of old even for evermore.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Y schal dwelle with you in this place, in the lond which Y yaf to youre fadris, fro the world and til in to the world.
Update Bible Version
then I will cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, from of old even for evermore.
Webster's Bible Translation
Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever.
New English Translation
If you stop doing these things, I will allow you to continue to live in this land which I gave to your ancestors as a lasting possession.
New King James Version
then I will cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever.
New Life Bible
then I will let you live in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever.
New Revised Standard
then I will dwell with you in this place, in the land that I gave of old to your ancestors forever and ever.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then will I cause you to dwell In this place, In the land which I gave to your fathers, - From one age even unto another,
Douay-Rheims Bible
I will dwell with you in this place: in the land, which I gave to your fathers from the beginning and for evermore.
Revised Standard Version
then I will let you dwell in this place, in the land that I gave of old to your fathers for ever.
Young's Literal Translation
Then I have caused you to dwell in this place, In the land that I gave to your fathers, From age even unto age.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
then I will let you dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever.

Contextual Overview

1 The Lord gave another message to Jeremiah. He said, 2 "Go to the entrance of the Lord 's Temple, and give this message to the people: ‘O Judah, listen to this message from the Lord ! Listen to it, all of you who worship here! 3 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. 4 But don't be fooled by those who promise you safety simply because the Lord 's Temple is here. They chant, "The Lord 's Temple is here! The Lord 's Temple is here!" 5 But I will be merciful only if you stop your evil thoughts and deeds and start treating each other with justice; 6 only if you stop exploiting foreigners, orphans, and widows; only if you stop your murdering; and only if you stop harming yourselves by worshiping idols. 7 Then I will let you stay in this land that I gave to your ancestors to keep forever. 8 "‘Don't be fooled into thinking that you will never suffer because the Temple is here. It's a lie! 9 Do you really think you can steal, murder, commit adultery, lie, and burn incense to Baal and all those other new gods of yours, 10 and then come here and stand before me in my Temple and chant, "We are safe!"—only to go right back to all those evils again?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

will I: Jeremiah 17:20-27, Jeremiah 18:7, Jeremiah 18:8, Jeremiah 25:5

in the land: Jeremiah 3:18, Deuteronomy 4:40, 2 Chronicles 33:8

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 19:10 - General Jeremiah 38:17 - If thou Ezekiel 18:7 - hath not Zephaniah 3:7 - so John 4:23 - true

Cross-References

Genesis 6:18
But I will confirm my covenant with you. So enter the boat—you and your wife and your sons and their wives.
Genesis 7:1
When everything was ready, the Lord said to Noah, "Go into the boat with all your family, for among all the people of the earth, I can see that you alone are righteous.
Genesis 7:13
That very day Noah had gone into the boat with his wife and his sons—Shem, Ham, and Japheth—and their wives.
Genesis 7:15
Two by two they came into the boat, representing every living thing that breathes.
Proverbs 22:3
A prudent person foresees danger and takes precautions. The simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences.
Matthew 24:38
In those days before the flood, the people were enjoying banquets and parties and weddings right up to the time Noah entered his boat.
Luke 17:27
In those days, the people enjoyed banquets and parties and weddings right up to the time Noah entered his boat and the flood came and destroyed them all.
Hebrews 6:18
So God has given both his promise and his oath. These two things are unchangeable because it is impossible for God to lie. Therefore, we who have fled to him for refuge can have great confidence as we hold to the hope that lies before us.
Hebrews 11:7
It was by faith that Noah built a large boat to save his family from the flood. He obeyed God, who warned him about things that had never happened before. By his faith Noah condemned the rest of the world, and he received the righteousness that comes by faith.
1 Peter 3:20
those who disobeyed God long ago when God waited patiently while Noah was building his boat. Only eight people were saved from drowning in that terrible flood.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then will I cause you to dwell in this place,.... In the land of Judea, and not suffer them to be carried captive, which they had been threatened with, and had reason to expect, should they continue in their sins, in their impenitence and vain confidence:

in the land that I gave to your fathers; to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, by promise; and to the Jewish fathers in the times of Joshua, by putting them in actual possession of it:

for ever and ever: for a great while; a long time, as Kimchi explains it; from the days of Abraham for ever, even all the days of the world, provided they and their children walked in the ways of the Lord. This clause may either be connected with the word "dwell", or with the word give; and the sense is, either that they should dwell in it for ever and ever; or it was given to their fathers for ever and ever.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A summary of the conditions indispensable on man’s part, before he can plead the terms of the covenant in his favor.

Jeremiah 7:6

In this place - i. e., in Jerusalem. The prophet refers to innocent blood shed there judicially. Of one such judicial murder Jehoiakim had already been guilty Jeremiah 26:23.

Jeremiah 7:7

Why then do not the Jews still possess a land thus eternally given them? Because God never bestows anything unconditionally. The land was bestowed upon them by virtue of a covenant Genesis 17:7; the Jews had broken the conditions of this covenant Jeremiah 7:5-6, and the gift reverted to the original donor.


 
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