Jeremiah 7:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these. ”

Jeremiah 7:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The temple of the Lord - Thrice repeated, to emphasize the rejection of the cry ever upon the lips of the false prophets. In their view the maintenance of the temple-service was a charm sufficien...
Jeremiah 7:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Trust ye not in (a) lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, [are] these. (a) Believe not the false prophets, who say that for the temple's sake,...
Jeremiah 7:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Temple Sermon. The prophet is sent to the gate of the Temple, to rebuke the false confidence of Yahweh's worshippers in the possession of this block of buildings (these, Jeremiah 7:4 ). Yahweh...
Jeremiah 7:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Trust . Confide. Hebrew. batah. App-69. The temple of the LORD . Note the Figure of speech Epizeuxis (App-4), for great emphasis, to exhibit the fanaticism common to all idolaters.
Jeremiah 7:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Then the Prophet comes closer to them when he says, Trust ye not in words of falsehood. For had not this been expressly said, the Jews might, according to their usual way, have found out som...
Jeremiah 7:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these. The temple of the Lord - In the Chaldee the passage stands thus: - "Do not tr...
Jeremiah 7:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The temple of the Lord are these— These gates, in which Jeremiah was commanded to stand: so in the Gospel our Savour says, See you all these things? pointing to the temple, of which one stone w...
Jeremiah 7:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these. The temple of the Lord ... are these. The Jews falsely thought that bec...
Jeremiah 7:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-20. Ceremonies and sacred places shall be no defence.
Jeremiah 7:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Trust ye not in lying words... — The emphatic threefold repetition of the words thus condemned, “The temple of the Lord,” points to its having been the burden of the discourses of the false prophet...
Jeremiah 7:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 8:1-22 ; Jeremiah 9:1-26 ; Jeremiah 10:1-25 ; Jeremiah 26:1-24 In the four Chapter s which we are now to consider we have what is plainly a finished whole. The only possible exception...
Jeremiah 7:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

With this section the second movement in commissioning the prophet commences. It deals first with the sins of worship. These are first denounced. At the gate of the Temple the prophet rebuked the peo...
Jeremiah 7:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

It appears by the subject of the Prophet's sermon, that the men of Judah, while destitute of vital godliness, were much taken up with the form of it: and though without the love of God in their heart...
Jeremiah 7:4 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

DELUDED FORMALISTS ‘The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord, are these.’ Jeremiah 7:4 I. Religious formalism. —When Jeremiah threatened Israel with the coming...
Jeremiah 7:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Trust ye not in lying words ,.... In the words of the lying prophets, as the Targum; and to the same purpose is the Arabic version, "do not trust in lying words, for the false prophets do not profi...
Jeremiah 7:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, [are] these. Ver. 4. Trust ye not in lying words. ] Or, Matters, sc., that will dece...
Jeremiah 7:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Trust ye not in lying words Do not flatter yourselves with an opinion that you can be safe and happy on any other terms than those which God points out. Saying, The temple of the Lord, &c., ar...
Jeremiah 7:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

A Call of Repentance. B. C. 606. 1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the L ORD , sayin...
Jeremiah 7:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Because this was God's house, wherein he had promised to dwell, and that for ever, Psalms 132:13,14 , they flattered themselves that he could dwell no where else, and would not depart, and certain...
Jeremiah 7:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judah Must Not Trust In The Presence Of The Temple For Security Because As A Result Of Their Evil Ways YHWH Intends To Do To The Temple What He Did To His House At Shiloh, Destroy It ( Jeremiah 7:1-...
Jeremiah 7:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES. 1. Chronology of the chapter. Keil regards chaps. 7 to 10 as later addresses, delivered during Josiah’s reign. Bagster places an interval of merely two years betw...
Jeremiah 7:4 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 7:1-3 . The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, Stand in the gate of the LORD'S house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of the LORD, all ye of Judah, that...
Jeremiah 7:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 7:2 . Stand in the gate of the Lord's house, and call the people to repentance by arguments arrayed in all the glory and force of truth. This was the chief gate of entrance. The temple ha...
Jeremiah 7:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Stand in the gate. .. and proclaim. Boldness in preaching Some preachers are traders from port to port, following the customary and approved course; others adventure over the whole ocean of hum...
Jeremiah 7:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Ch. 7-10.—Severe rebukes of idolatry alternating with announcements of the impending judgment. The circumstances connected with this discourse, or part thereof, appear to be detailed...
Jeremiah 7:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

God's Requirement And Promise
Jeremiah 7:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 4:3 ; 1 Samuel 4:4 ; Ezekiel 13:19 ; Jeremiah 28:15 ; Jeremiah 29:23 ; Jeremiah 29:31 ; Jeremiah 6:14 ; Jeremiah 7:8 ; Jeremiah 7:9-12 ; Luke 3:8 ; Micah 3:11 ; Matthew 3:10 ; M...
Jeremiah 7:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Saying — Because this was God's house, they flattered themselves that he would not suffer the Chaldeans to destroy it, therefore the prophet cautions them not to deceive themselves, trusting to the...

Jeremiah 7:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 7:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Jeremiah 7:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 7:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 7:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 7:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 7:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 7:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 7:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 7:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 7:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 7:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 7:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 7:4 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 7:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 7:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 7:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 7:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 7:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 7:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 7:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 7:4 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 7:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 7:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Jeremiah 7:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 7:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 7:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 7:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes