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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.

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Hebrew words / lemmas
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preachers & commentators

Jeremiah 7 in the Hebrew

Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.

HebrewTransliterationStrong'sCountGlosses
מָקוֹםmâqôwmH47257standing, spot
שָׁמַעshâmaʻH80858hear, tell
דָּבָרdâbârH16978word, matter
קָרָאqârâʼH71217call out to
קוֹלqôwlH69636voice, sound
נְאֻםnᵉʼumH50025oracle
אָבʼâbH16father

How preachers through history handled this text

21 public-domain excerpts on Jeremiah 7, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Calvin19Matthew Henry1John Wesley1

“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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