3<\/strong>. your ways and your doings<\/em> ] a frequent expression in this Book. See Intr. iii. 14 ( b<\/em>), note. Cp. Eze 14:22<\/span> f., Eze 20:43<\/span>, Jer 36:17<\/span>; Zec 1:4<\/span>; Zec 1:6<\/span>.<\/p>\n 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.<\/P> <\/p>\n Amend your ways and your doings, i.e. mend your manners. Amending signifies both to turn from our evil works, and make our good better. <\/P> I will cause you to dwell in this place; you shall not go into captivity, implying that otherwise they should; he will continue their habitations to them from age to age, as Jer 7:7<\/span>. The doing of a thing in Scripture often implies the continuance of it: Lev 26:11<\/span>, <\/P> I will set my tabernacle, i.e. I will continue it. <\/P> <\/p>\n 3. cause you to dwell<\/B>permityou still to dwell (Jer 18:11<\/span>;Jer 26:13<\/span>).<\/P><\/p>\n Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel<\/strong>,…. 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:<\/p>\n amend your ways and your doings<\/strong>; 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:<\/p>\n and I will cause you to dwell in this place<\/strong>; 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.<\/p>\n l “bonas facite vias vestras”, V. L. Munster, Pagninus, Montanus; “efficite”, &c. Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.<\/p>\n Make good, he says, your ways and your doings, then will I dwell in this place (189) This promise contains an implied contrast; for the Prophet intimates, that the people would not long survive, unless they sought in another way to pacify God. “I will dwell, “he seems to say, — in this place, when your life is changed.” It then follows on the other hand, “God will drive you into exile, except you change your life: in vain then do you seek a quiet and happy state through offering your sacrifices. God indeed esteems as nothing this external worship, except it be preceded by inward sincerity, unless integrity of life accompanies your profession.” This is one thing. <\/p>\n (189) Though the ancient versions, except the Vulgate, render the verb to dwell, as an Hiphil, “cause to dwell,“ as in our version, yet Blayney, as well as Calvin, follows the Vulgate, “And I will dwell with you in this place:“ which seems more accordant with the context. Their boast was that God was dwelling with them, as the temple was his temple. Then when Shiloh, in Jer 7:12<\/span>, is referred to, God says that he set his name there: and no doubt the same thing is meant here. — Ed. <\/p>\n I. PRESUMPTUOUS WORSHIP Jer. 7:3-15<\/span><\/p>\n The men of Judah, like the majority of all ages, took worship for granted. They were content simply to show up at the Temple and participate in the prescribed ritual. They assumed that God was pleased with their conduct. In the opening paragraph of his Temple sermon Jeremiah attacks this presumptuous attitude toward worship by (1) indicating a fundamental requirement of true worship (Jer. 7:3-7<\/span>,); (2) challenging the fallacious assumption that worship had no bearing on conduct nor vice versa (Jer. 7:8-11<\/span>); and (3) threatening the destruction of the Temple and the exile of the populace (Jer. 7:12-15<\/span>).<\/p>\n A. A Fundamental Requirement Jer. 7:3-7<\/span><\/p>\n TRANSLATION<\/strong><\/p>\n (3) Thus says the LORD of host, God of Israel: Amend your ways and your deeds that I may cause you to dwell in this place. (4) For your own sake do not trust in the words of the lie: The Temple of the LORD, the Temple of the LORD, the Temple of the LORD are these. (5) If you thoroughly amend your ways and your deeds; if you thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbor; (6) if you do not oppress stranger, orphan and widow; and if you do not shed innocent blood in this place; and if you do not go after other gods to your own hurt; (7) then I will cause you to dwell in this place in the land which I gave to your fathers forever and ever.<\/p>\n COMMENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n Jeremiahs sermon opens with a call for repentance. Amend (lit., cause to be good) your ways and your deeds, i.e., change the whole pattern of your conduct. Only if such a fundamental change took place would God continue to allow them to inhabit the land of Judah (Jer. 7:3<\/span>). Jeremiah begs his hearers for their own sake not to give any credence to the superstition that the presence of the Temple of the Lord was a guarantee for the safety of the city. The people were acting as though merely the repetition of the phrase Temple of the Lord was some sort of a magical charm to ward off all evil. What a dramatic moment it must have been when Jeremiah thrice repeated the phrase for emphasis gesturing as he did so to the courts and building that were part of the Temple complex (Jer. 7:4<\/span>).<\/p>\n Jer. 7:5-7<\/span> contain a conditional sentence of which Jer. 7:5-6<\/span> are the protasis and Jer. 7:7<\/span> the apodosis. Five conditions for national survival are laid down: (1) Repeating the basic demand of Jer. 7:3<\/span>, they must thoroughly amend their ways and their deeds. (2) They must make sure that justice is executed in the courts (Jer. 7:5<\/span>). (3) They must not oppress the stranger, the orphan and the widow. The Old Testament enjoined Israel to show respect for peoples of other nationalities and races simply because they were fellow human beings. Many Christians have not yet caught up with this passage. There was to be a concern for the weak and for those who had lost their natural protector. No other code of laws from antiquity is marked by such humanity in respect to the unfortunate. (4) Innocent blood must no longer be shed in the land through violence and miscarriage of justice. (5) They must cease to follow after other gods to their own hurt. Idolatry would lead deeper and deeper into sin and have dire repercussions both on the national and personal level. If they fulfilled these fundamental requirements God would cause t h e m to continue to dwell in the land. God had given that land to their forefather for ever and ever. (lit., from the most remote antiquity to the most distant future). But that divine promise was conditional. If the present generation was to continue to enjoy the land gift of God they must meet the conditions which God specifies here.<\/p>\n (3) Your ways and your doings.<\/strong>Ways, as in Zec. 1:6<\/span>, of general habits, doings of separate acts.<\/p>\n I will cause you to dwell.<\/strong>The English suggests the thoughts of something new, but what Jeremiah promises is simply the continuance of the blessings they had hitherto enjoyed. I will let you dwell. 3<\/strong>. <\/strong> Amend your ways and your doings <\/strong> Habits and particular acts.<\/p>\n Jer 7:3 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.<\/p>\n Ver. 3. Amend your ways and your doings.<\/strong> ] Heb., Make good your ways, sc., <\/em> by repentance for and from your sins, and by believing the Gospel. Defaecantur enim mores, ubi medullitus excipitur evangelium.<\/em> Amendment of life is an upright, earnest, and constant endeavour to do all that God commandeth, and to forbear what he forbiddeth.<\/p>\n the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel. This title occurs thirty-four times in Jeremiah. (Jer 7:3; Jer 7:21; Jer 9:15; Jer 16:9; Jer 19:3; Jer 19:15; Jer 25:15; Jer 25:27; Jer 27:4; Jer 27:21; Jer 28:2; Jer 28:14; Jer 29:4; Jer 29:8; Jer 29:21; Jer 29:25; Jer 31:23; Jer 32:14-15; Jer 35:13; Jer 35:18-19; Jer 38:17; Jer 39:16; Jer 42:15; Jer 42:18; Jer 43:10; Jer 44:2; Jer 44:11; Jer 44:25; Jer 46:25; Jer 48:1; Jer 50:18; Jer 51:33). <\/p>\n God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4. <\/p>\n Amend: Jer 7:5-7, Jer 18:11, Jer 26:13, Jer 35:15, Pro 28:13, Isa 1:16-19, Isa 55:7, Eze 18:30, Eze 18:31, Eze 33:4-11, Mat 3:8-10, Jam 4:8 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Lev 25:18 – and ye Num 16:3 – all the Deu 29:19 – that he bless 2Ki 17:13 – Turn ye 2Ki 21:8 – only if they Job 36:10 – commandeth Isa 56:1 – Keep Jer 6:8 – Be thou Jer 18:8 – that nation Hos 4:1 – no truth Amo 5:14 – as Mic 6:8 – to do Zec 1:4 – Turn<\/p>\n Jer 7:3. We do not believe there are any contradictions in the Bible, and what seems to be such may be made clear by considering all of the facts and truths involved. In this verse the people were exhorted to correct their ways and they would be permitted to dwell in the land. In other passages they were plainly told that nothing they could do would avert the captivity. The main key to this question is a distinction between the kingdom as a whole and certain individuals in it. Another thought, to consider at such a place as the present verse, is that the statement means that had they made the amends suggested at the proper time they could have saved themselves from the shame and distress of the captivity. Bor a more extended explanation of this subject see the note and comments at 2Ki 22:17 in Voi. 2 of this Commentary.<\/p>\n Jer 7:3. Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel As creatures, we are all bound to regard the Lord of hosts; as members of the visible church, the God of Israel; what he said to them he says to us; and it is much the same with that which John the Baptist said to those whom he baptized, Mat 3:8-9. Bring forth fruits meet for repentance, and think not to say, within yourselves, We have Abraham for our father. Amend your ways and your doings This implies that there had been much amiss in their ways and doings, but it was a great instance of the goodness of God to them, that he gave them liberty to amend, showed them wherein and how they must amend, and promised to accept them upon their amendment. And I will cause you to dwell in this place Namely, quietly and peaceably. You shall not go into captivity, but a stop shall be put to that which threatens your expulsion. Observe, reader, reformation is the only way, and a sure way to prevent ruin.<\/p>\n The prophet was to announce that sovereign Yahweh, the God of Israel, promised that if His people would repent (change their thinking, actions, and way of life), He would allow them to continue to dwell in their land.<\/p>\n 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. 3. your ways and your doings ] a frequent expression in this Book. See Intr. iii. 14 ( b), note. 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