Jeremiah 7:25
in Jeremiah 7From the day your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have sent you all My servants the prophets again and again.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day, I have sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them:
KJV
Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day I have even sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them:
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This verse in Jeremiah 7
Commentary
8 notes on this verseIn a manner most germane to this parable, He said by Jeremiah: "Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people; and ye shall walk in all my ways, which I have commanded you." This is the invitation of God. "But," says He, "they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear." This is the refusal of the people. "They departed, and walked every one in the imagination of their evil heart." "I have bought a field-and I have bought some oxen-and I have married a wife."
This site's exposition
They went backward and not forward
on Jeremiah 7:24-28
The record runs from the exodus generation to this one, a people who “followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts”. Prophets were sent “again and again”, yet they “did more evil than their fathers”. Jeremiah must preach though told “they will not listen to you”.
This site's exposition
I have sent you all My servants the prophets
The prophets were sent from the day the fathers came out of Egypt until Jeremiah's own day. The Hebrew idiom behind again and again is the one Barnes explains at verse 13, rising early to send. Jerome saw in this record the people's need of grace.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers3 voices
He also reports that they acted offensively against the Lord "from the day on which their ancestors left the land of Egypt until the present time." Hence, the grace of the gospel was necessary to save them, not due to their own merits but to the Lord's mercy.
When the whole world was oppressed by the darkness of the devil. When the gloom brought on by sin had laid hold of the world. At the last age, when night had already fallen, this sun deigned to bring forth the rising of his birth. …
(Ver. 24, 25.) And they did not listen, nor incline their ear, but they went after their own desires and the wickedness of their evil hearts. They turned backwards, and not forwards, from the day their fathers left the land of Egypt until this day. When I spoke, saying, 'Listen to my voice, and I will be your God,' they did not listen, nor incline their ear, but they followed the desires of their own hearts. And contrary to the opinion of the Apostles, who forgot the past and reached out to the future, they did the opposite: desiring the past and despising the future. And he says that, from the day their fathers left the land of Egypt until this day, they have always been transgressing against the Lord. Hence, the grace of the Gospel was necessary, which preserved them not by their own merit, but by the mercy of the Lord.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
When God sent to them by word of mouth to put them in mind of the written word, which was the business of the prophets, it was all one; still they were disobedient. God had servants of his among them in every age, since they came out of Egypt unto this day, some or other to tell them of their faults and put them in mind of their duty, whom he rose up early to send (as before,
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The words behind it
19 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לְמִן־ | lemin- | <to> from | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| הַיּ֗וֹם | haiyom | the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾasher | when | H834 → | 5497 times |
| יָצְא֤וּ | yatzeu | they came out | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| אֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶם֙ | ʾavoteikhem | ancestors your | H1 → | 1212 times |
| מֵאֶ֣רֶץ | meeretz | from [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| מִצְרַ֔יִם | mitzrayim | Egypt | H4714 → | 641 times |
| עַ֖ד | ʾad | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| הַיּ֣וֹם | haiyom | the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הַזֶּ֑ה | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| וָאֶשְׁלַ֤ח | vaeshlach | and I sent | H7971 → | 845 times |
| אֲלֵיכֶם֙ | ʾaleikhem | to you | H413 → | 5510 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| עֲבָדַ֣י | ʾavadai | servants my | H5650 → | 799 times |
| הַנְּבִיאִ֔ים | haneviim | the prophets | H5030 → | 314 times |
| י֖וֹם | yom | day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הַשְׁכֵּ֥ם | hashkem | rising early | H7925 → | 65 times |
| וְשָׁלֹֽחַ׃ | veshaloach | and sending | H7971 → | 845 times |
לְמִן־<to> from
lemin-H4480 →1188 times
הַיּ֗וֹםthe day
haiyomH3117 →2304 times
אֲשֶׁ֨רwhen
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
יָצְא֤וּthey came out
yatzeuH3318 →1067 times
אֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶם֙ancestors your
ʾavoteikhemH1 →1212 times
מֵאֶ֣רֶץfrom [the] land of
meeretzH776 →2504 times
מִצְרַ֔יִםEgypt
mitzrayimH4714 →641 times
עַ֖דuntil
ʾadH5704 →1261 times
הַיּ֣וֹםthe day
haiyomH3117 →2304 times
הַזֶּ֑ה<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
וָאֶשְׁלַ֤חand I sent
vaeshlachH7971 →845 times
אֲלֵיכֶם֙to you
ʾaleikhemH413 →5510 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
עֲבָדַ֣יservants my
ʾavadaiH5650 →799 times
הַנְּבִיאִ֔יםthe prophets
haneviimH5030 →314 times
י֖וֹםday
yomH3117 →2304 times
הַשְׁכֵּ֥םrising early
hashkemH7925 →65 times
וְשָׁלֹֽחַ׃and sending
veshaloachH7971 →845 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Jeremiah 7:13And now, because you have done all these things, declares the LORD, and because I have spoken to you again and again but you would not listen, and I have called to you but…
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 36:15–16
Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Isaiah 65:12
I will destine you for the sword, and you will all kneel down to be slaughtered, because I called and you did not answer, I spoke and you did not listen; you did evil…
- Proverbs 1:24
Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand,
- 2 Chronicles 36:15–16
Through
Nehemiah 9:26But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 14:9
You have done more evil than all who came before you. You have proceeded to make for yourself other gods and molten images to provoke Me, and you have flung Me behind your back.
- Judges 2:11–12
And the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals.
- Nehemiah 9:18
Even when they cast for themselves an image of a calf and said, ‘This is your God who brought you up out of Egypt,’ and when they committed terrible blasphemies,
- 1 Kings 14:9
Through
2 Chronicles 36:15Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 35:15
Again and again I have sent you all My servants the prophets, proclaiming: ‘Turn now, each of you, from your wicked ways, and correct your actions. Do not go after other gods to serve…
- Jeremiah 7:13
And now, because you have done all these things, declares the LORD, and because I have spoken to you again and again but you would not listen, and I have called to you but…
- Jeremiah 35:15
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on 9 works. Open the list of works
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jerome, SIX BOOKS ON JEREMIAH 2:41.2-3; Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; John Calvin, Commentary on Jeremiah and Lamentations; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Maximus of Turin, SERMON 62:2 and Tertullian, The Five Books Against Marcion, Book 4.