Jeremías 7

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1 El Señor le habló a Jeremías y le dijo: 2 «Ponte a la entrada del templo del Señor y anuncia allí este mensaje: Escuchen la palabra del Señor, todos los de Judá que entran por estas puertas para adorarlo. 3 Así dice el Señor de los ejércitos, el Dios de Israel: Corrijan su conducta y sus acciones, y los dejaré seguir viviendo en este lugar. 4 No confíen en palabras engañosas que dicen: “¡Este es el templo del Señor, el templo del Señor, el templo del Señor!”. 5 Si de verdad corrigen su conducta y sus acciones, si de verdad hacen justicia entre una persona y su prójimo, 6 si no oprimen al extranjero, al huérfano ni a la viuda, si no matan aquí a los inocentes ni siguen a otros dioses para su propio daño, 7 entonces los dejaré seguir viviendo en este lugar, en la tierra que di a sus antepasados desde hace tiempo y para siempre. 8 Pero ustedes confían en palabras engañosas que no sirven de nada. 9 ¿Van a robar, matar, ser infieles a sus esposas, jurar en falso, quemar incienso a Baal y seguir a otros dioses que no conocen, 10 para luego venir ante mí en este templo que lleva mi nombre y decir: “Estamos a salvo”, y así seguir haciendo todas esas cosas repugnantes? 11 ¿Acaso este templo que lleva mi nombre se ha convertido para ustedes en una cueva de ladrones? Sí, yo mismo lo he visto», dice el Señor. 12 «Vayan a mi lugar de Silo, donde al principio hice habitar mi nombre, y vean lo que le hice por la maldad de mi pueblo Israel. 13 Ustedes han hecho todas estas cosas», dice el Señor. «Les hablé una y otra vez, pero no escucharon; los llamé, pero no respondieron. 14 Por eso haré con el templo que lleva mi nombre, en el que ustedes confían, y con el lugar que les di a ustedes y a sus antepasados, lo mismo que hice con Silo. 15 Los expulsaré de mi presencia, como expulsé a todos sus hermanos, a todos los descendientes de Efraín. 16 Y tú, Jeremías, no ores por este pueblo; no eleves gritos ni oraciones por ellos, ni me supliques en su favor, porque no escucharé. 17 ¿No ves lo que hacen en las ciudades de Judá y en las calles de Jerusalén? 18 Los niños recogen leña, los padres encienden el fuego y las mujeres amasan para hacer pasteles para la reina del cielo. Derraman ofrendas de vino a otros dioses para provocarme a ira. 19 ¿Acaso me provocan a mí?», dice el Señor. «¿No se provocan daño a sí mismos, para su propia vergüenza? 20 Por eso dice el Señor Dios: Mi ira y mi furor se derramarán sobre este lugar, sobre las personas y los animales, sobre los árboles del campo y los frutos de la tierra. Arderán y no se apagarán». 21 Así dice el Señor de los ejércitos, el Dios de Israel: «Añadan sus holocaustos a sus sacrificios y cómanse la carne. 22 Cuando saqué a sus antepasados de Egipto, no les hablé ni les di órdenes acerca de holocaustos y sacrificios de animales. 23 Esta fue la orden que les di: “Escuchen mi voz; yo seré su Dios y ustedes serán mi pueblo. Sigan todo el camino que les he ordenado, para que les vaya bien”. 24 Pero no prestaron atención ni escucharon. Siguieron los pensamientos y el orgullo de su corazón malvado; retrocedieron en vez de avanzar. 25 Desde que sus antepasados salieron de Egipto hasta hoy, les he enviado a mis siervos los profetas, día tras día y sin cesar. 26 Pero no prestaron atención ni quisieron escuchar. Se volvieron tercos e hicieron cosas peores que sus antepasados. 27 Tú les dirás todas estas palabras, pero no te escucharán; los llamarás, pero no responderán. 28 Les dirás: “Esta es la nación que no ha escuchado la voz de su Dios ni ha aceptado su enseñanza. La sinceridad ha muerto y ha desaparecido de sus labios”. 29 Córtate el cabello y tíralo, Jerusalén. Entona un lamento en las colinas despejadas, porque el Señor ha rechazado y abandonado a la generación que provocó su ira. 30 El pueblo de Judá ha hecho lo malo ante mis ojos», dice el Señor. «Han puesto sus imágenes repugnantes en el templo que lleva mi nombre y lo han contaminado. 31 Construyeron el santuario en un lugar alto de Tofet, en el valle del hijo de Hinom, para quemar en el fuego a sus hijos e hijas. Eso nunca lo ordené ni pasó por mi mente. 32 Por eso vienen días», dice el Señor, «en que ya no lo llamarán Tofet ni valle del hijo de Hinom, sino valle de la Muerte. Allí enterrarán a los muertos hasta que no quede espacio. 33 Los cadáveres de este pueblo serán alimento para las aves del cielo y las fieras de la tierra, y no habrá quien las espante. 34 En las ciudades de Judá y las calles de Jerusalén pondré fin a las risas, a las voces de alegría y a las voces del novio y de la novia, porque la tierra quedará desolada».

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Jeremías 7:2

Jr 7:1-34. The Seventh through Ninth Chapters. Delivered in the Beginning of Jehoiakim's Reign, on the Occasion of Some Public Festival.

The prophet stood at the gate of the temple in order that the multitudes from the country might hear him. His life was threatened, it appears from Jr 26:1-9, for this prophecy, denouncing the fate of Shiloh as about to befall the temple at Jerusalem. The prophecy given in detail here is summarily referred to there. After Josiah's death the nation relapsed into idolatry through Jehoiakim's bad influence; the worship of Jehovah was, however, combined with it (Jr 7:4, 10).

2. the gate--that is, the gate of the court of Israel within that of the women. Those whom Jeremiah addresses came through the gate leading into the court of the women, and the gate leading into the outer court, or court of the Gentiles ("these gates").

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3. cause you to dwell--permit you still to dwell (Jr 18:11; 26:13).

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4. The Jews falsely thought that because their temple had been chosen by Jehovah as His peculiar dwelling, it could never be destroyed. Men think that ceremonial observances will supersede the need of holiness (Is 48:2; Mi 3:11). The triple repetition of "the temple of Jehovah" expresses the intense confidence of the Jews (see Jr 22:29; Is 6:3).

these--the temple buildings which the prophet points to with his finger (Jr 7:2).

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5. For--"But" [Maurer].

judgment--justice (Jr 22:3).

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6. this place--this city and land (Jr 7:7).

to your hurt--so Jr 7:19; "to the confusion or their own faces" (Jr 13:10; Pr 8:36).

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7. The apodosis to the "if ... if" (Jr 7:5, 6).

to dwell--to continue to dwell.

for ever and ever--joined with "to dwell," not with the words "gave to your fathers" (compare Jr 3:18; De 4:40).

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8. that cannot profit--Maurer translates, "so that you profit nothing" (see Jr 7:4; Jr 5:31).

Jeremías 7:9-10

9-10. "Will ye steal ... and then come and stand before Me?"

whom ye know not--Ye have no grounds of "knowing" that they are gods; but I have manifested My Godhead by My law, by benefits conferred, and by miracles. This aggravates their crime [Calvin] (Jud 5:8).

Jeremías 7:11

11. den of robbers--Do you regard My temple as being what robbers make their den, namely, an asylum wherein ye may obtain impunity for your abominations (Jr 7:10)?

seen it--namely, that ye treat My house as if it were a den of thieves. Jehovah implies more than is expressed, "I have seen and will punish it" (Is 56:7; Mt 21:13).

Jeremías 7:12

12. my place ... in Shiloh--God caused His tabernacle to be set up in Shiloh in Joshua's days (Jos 18:1; Jud 18:31). In Eli's time God gave the ark, which had been at Shiloh, into the hands of the Philistines (Jr 26:6; 1Sa 4:10, 11; Psa 78:56-61). Shiloh was situated between Beth-el and Shechem in Ephraim.

at the first--implying that Shiloh exceeded the Jewish temple in antiquity. But God's favor is not tied down to localities (Ac 7:44).

my people Israel--Israel was God's people, yet He spared it not when rebellious: neither will He spare Judah, now that it rebels, though heretofore it has been His people.

Jeremías 7:14

14. I gave--and I therefore can revoke the gift for it is still Mine (Le 25:23), now that ye fail in the only object for which it was given, the promotion of My glory.

Shiloh--as I ceased to dwell there, transferring My temple to Jerusalem; so I will cease to dwell at Jerusalem.

Jeremías 7:15

15. your brethren--children of Abraham, as much as you.

whole seed of Ephraim--They were superior to you in numbers and power: they were ten tribes: ye but two. "Ephraim," as the leading tribe, stands for the whole ten tribes (2Ki 17:23; Psa 78:67, 68).

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17. Jehovah leaves it to Jeremiah himself to decide, is there not good reason that prayers should not be heard in behalf of such rebels?

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18. children ... fathers ... women--Not merely isolated individuals practised idolatry; young and old, men and women, and whole families, contributed their joint efforts to promote it. Oh, that there were the same zeal for the worship of God as there is for error (Jr 44:17, 19; 19:13)!

cakes ... queen of heaven--Cakes were made of honey, fine flour, &c., in a round flat shape to resemble the disc of the moon, to which they were offered. Others read as Margin, "the frame of heaven," that is, the planets generally; so the Septuagint here; but elsewhere the Septuagint translates, "queen of heaven." The Phoenicians called the moon Ashtoreth or Astarte: the wife of Baal or Moloch, the king of heaven. The male and female pair of deities symbolized the generative powers of nature; hence arose the introduction of prostitution in the worship. The Babylonians worshipped Ashtoreth as Mylitta, that is, generative. Our Monday, or Moon-day, indicates the former prevalence of moon worship (see on Is 65:11).

that they may provoke me--implying design: in worshipping strange gods they seemed as if purposely to provoke Jehovah.

Jeremías 7:20

20. beast ... trees ... ground--Why doth God vent His fury on these? On account of man, for whom these were created, that the sad spectacle may strike terror into him (Ro 8:20-22).

Jeremías 7:21

21. Put ... burnt offerings unto ... sacrifices ... eat flesh--Add the former (which the law required to be wholly burnt) to the latter (which were burnt only in part), and "eat flesh" even off the holocausts or burnt offerings. As far as I am concerned, saith Jehovah, you may do with one and the other alike. I will have neither (Is 1:11; Ho 8:13; Am 5:21, 22).

Jeremías 7:22

22. Not contradicting the divine obligation of the legal sacrifices. But, "I did not require sacrifices, unless combined with moral obedience" (Psa 50:8; 51:16, 17). The superior claim of the moral above the positive precepts of the law was marked by the ten commandments having been delivered first, and by the two tables of stone being deposited alone in the ark (De 5:6). The negative in Hebrew often supplies the want of the comparative: not excluding the thing denied, but only implying the prior claim of the thing set in opposition to it (Ho 6:6). "I will have mercy, and not sacrifice" (1Sa 15:22). Love to God is the supreme end, external observances only means towards that end. "The mere sacrifice was not so much what I commanded, as the sincere submission to My will gives to the sacrifice all its virtue" [Magee, Atonement, Note 57].

Jeremías 7:24

24. hearkened not--They did not give even a partial hearing to Me (Psa 81:11, 12).

imagination--rather, as Margin, "the stubbornness."

backward, &c.--(Jr 2:27; 32:33; Ho 4:16).

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25. rising ... early--(Jr 7:13).

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26. hardened ... neck--(De 31:27; Is 48:4; Ac 7:51).

worse than their fathers--(Jr 16:12). In Jr 7:22 He had said, "your fathers"; here He says, "their fathers"; the change to the third person marks growing alienation from them. He no longer addresses themselves, as it would be a waste of words in the case of such hardened rebels.

Jeremías 7:27

27. Therefore--rather, "Though thou speak ... yet they will not hearken" [Maurer], (Eze 2:7), a trial to the prophet's faith; though he knew his warnings would be unheeded, still he was to give them in obedience to God.

Jeremías 7:28

28. unto them--that is, in reference to them.

a nation--The word usually applied to the Gentile nations is here applied to the Jews, as being east off and classed by God among the Gentiles.

nor receiveth correction--(Jr 5:3).

truth ... perished--(Jr 9:3).

Jeremías 7:29

29. Jeremiah addresses Jerusalem under the figure of a woman, who, in grief for her lost children, deprives her head of its chief ornament and goes up to the hills to weep (Jud 11:37, 38; Is 15:2).

hair--flowing locks, like those of a Nazarite.

high places--The scene of her idolatries is to be the scene of her mourning (Jr 3:21).

generation of his wrath--the generation with which He is wroth. So Is 10:6; "the people of My wrath."

Jeremías 7:31

31. high places of Tophet--the altars [Horsley] of Tophet; erected to Moloch, on the heights along the south of the valley facing Zion.

burn ... sons--(Psa 106:38).

commanded ... not--put for, "I forbade expressly" (De 17:3; 12:31). See on Jr 2:23; Is 30:33.

Jeremías 7:32

32. valley of slaughter--so named because of the great slaughter of the Jews about to take place at Jerusalem: a just retribution of their sin in slaying their children to Moloch in Tophet.

no place--no room, namely, to bury in, so many shall be those slain by the Chaldeans (Jr 19:11; Eze 6:5).

Jeremías 7:33

33. fray--scare or frighten (De 28:26). Typical of the last great battle between the Lord's host and the apostasy (Re 19:17, 18, 21).

Jeremías 7:34

34. Referring to the joyous songs and music with which the bride and bridegroom were escorted in the procession to the home of the latter from that of the former; a custom still prevalent in the East (Jr 16:9; Is 24:7, 8; Re 18:23).

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