Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jeremiah 7:5 Cross-References
Explore 9 cross-references for Jeremiah 7:5 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Jeremiah chapter 7 verse 5 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour;”
Jeremiah 7:5 (KJV)
Commentary on Jeremiah 7:5
God specifies what genuine amendment requires: 'For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings' (kî ʾim-hêṭêḇ têṭîḇû ʾeṯ-dĕrĕḵêḵem wĕʾeṯ-maʿalĕlêḵem). The doubled verb (hêṭêḇ têṭîḇû) emphasizes thorough, comprehensive reformation, not superficial change. The first requirement: 'if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour' (ʾim-ʿāśô ṯaʿăśû mišpāṭ bên ʾîš ûḇên rēʿēhû). The term mišpāṭ (judgment, justice) requires fair legal decisions and righteous treatment in all relationships. This addresses systemic injustice that pervaded Judah's society—court corruption, exploitati...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Jeremiah 7:5
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“if you will walk in my statutes”
“you shall eat the good of the land;”
“the God of Israel”
“Israel”
“and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong”
“Take counsel”
“who has not received interest nor increase”
“neither has taken any increase”
“who had not known man by lying with him; and they brought them to the camp to Shiloh”