Jeremiah 7:3

“Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, etc.] 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”f155; 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…”

“cause you to dwell--permit you still to dwell (Jer 18:11; Jer 26:13).”

“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. return to 'Top of Page'”

“7:3-4 Pagans believed that a symbol was identical with what it represented, so in the paganized worship of Jeremiah’s day, the Temple was God’s heavenly house. It would be ridiculous to think that enemies could destroy it. To reinforce that idea, the people vigorously repeated a chant, The Lord’s Temple is here. However, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies needed no earthly house (2 Sam 7:6-7; 1 Kgs 8:27); whatever security the Israelites obtained from the Temple came from the Lord himself, and only on his terms (1 Kgs 6:12).”

“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 Jeremiah 7:4”