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Jeremiah 7 — Sermon Preparation
Jeremiah stands at the temple gate to deliver the message that trust in the building is worthless apart from justice and genuine obedience. Below is a research summary for Jeremiah 7, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 34
- verses
- 539 / 198
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 21
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
Jeremiah 7 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מָקוֹם | mâqôwm | H4725 | 7 | standing, spot |
| שָׁמַע | shâmaʻ | H8085 | 8 | hear, tell |
| דָּבָר | dâbâr | H1697 | 8 | word, matter |
| קָרָא | qârâʼ | H7121 | 7 | call out to |
| קוֹל | qôwl | H6963 | 6 | voice, sound |
| נְאֻם | nᵉʼum | H5002 | 5 | oracle |
| אָב | ʼâb | H1 | 6 | father |
How preachers through history handled this text
21 public-domain excerpts on Jeremiah 7, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“1. The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, 1. Sermo qui datus fuit Jeremiae (qui factus fuit ad Jeremiam, qui datus fuit, ad verbum) a Jehova, dicendo, 2. Stand in the gate of the Lord's house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of the Lord, all ye of Judah, that enter in at these gates to worship the Lord 2. …”
— Calvin, Commentary on Jeremiah and Lamentations - Volume 1, on Jeremiah 7:1–4 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Shiloh— Jer 7:12
- Jerusalem— Jer 7:17
- Egypt— Jer 7:22
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