Jeremiah 7:1
This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
BSB
ASV
The word that came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,
KJV
The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,
The word that came to Jeremiah,.... The Word of prophecy, as the Targum: from the Lord, saying; this begins a new prophecy. This verse, and the beginning of the next, are wanting in the Septuagint version.
In Jer. 7–10 he addresses the people as they flocked into Jerusalem from the country, to attend the solemn services in the temple upon a fastday. Jehoiakim Jer. 26 had just ascended the throne, and was so incensed at this sermon that he would have put Jeremiah to death but for the influence of Ahikam. With the accession of Jehoiakim all hope of averting the ruin of the country had passed away. He represented the reverse of his father’s policy, and belonged to that faction, who placed their sole hope of deliverance in a close alliance with Pharaoh-Necho.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
