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Jeremiah 7:3

RepentanceObedience

1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

2 “Stand in the gate of the house of the LORD and proclaim this message: Hear the word of the LORD, all you people of Judah who enter through these gates to worship the LORD.

Thus says the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel: Correct your ways and deeds, and I will let you live in this place.

4 Do not trust in deceptive words, chanting: ‘This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.’

5 For if you really correct your ways and deeds, if you act justly toward one another,

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BSB
Thus says the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel: Correct your ways and deeds, and I will let you live in this place.
KJV
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.
WEB
The LORD of Armies, the God of Israel says, “Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.
ASV
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.
DARBY
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.
BLB
Thus says YHWH of Hosts, the God of Israel: Amend your⁺ ways and your⁺ deeds, and I will make you⁺ dwell in this place.
ÅB
Så sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud, Israels Gud: Bedre deres veier og deres gjerninger! Så vil jeg la dere bo på dette sted.
OTB
Dette sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud, Israels Gud: Forbedre deres veier og deres gjerninger, så vil jeg la dere bo på dette stedet.
B1930
Så sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud, Israels Gud: Bedre eders veier og eders gjerninger! Så vil jeg la eder bo på dette sted.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Jeremiah 18:11

    Now therefore, tell the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘Behold, I am planning a disaster for you and devising a plan against you. Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways, and correct your ways and deeds.’

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  • Jeremiah 26:13

    So now, correct your ways and deeds, and obey the voice of the LORD your God, so that He might relent of the disaster He has pronounced against you.

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  • Proverbs 28:13

    He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.

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  • Isaiah 55:7

    Let the wicked man forsake his own way and the unrighteous man his own thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.

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  • Isaiah 1:16–19

    Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil!

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  • Ezekiel 33:4–11

    Then if anyone hears the sound of the horn but fails to heed the warning, and the sword comes and takes him away, his blood will be on his own head.

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  • Ezekiel 18:30–31

    Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that your iniquity will not become your downfall.

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  • Matthew 3:8–10

    Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance.

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