Jeremiah 7:21

Translations

Modern

This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Add your burnt offerings to your other sacrifices and eat the meat yourselves!

Traditional

Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh.

Literal

Thus says YHWH of Hosts, the God of Israel: Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices, and eat the flesh.

Latin

Hæc dicit Dominus exercituum, Deus Israël: Holocautomata vestra addite victimis vestris, et comedite carnes:

Original

Hebrew

English

This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Add your burnt offerings to your other sacrifices and eat the meat yourselves!

Notes

Jeremiah 7:20–23

The people's offerings and sacrifices meant nothing to the Lord if they were disobedient. Their sacrifices could not force God to act against His will. Instead, these offerings showed the people's trust in God's forgiveness. When people tried to use sacrifices to manipulate God while living selfishly, it only angered Him (Isaiah 1:10216; Amos 5:21–27). Obeying God allows for a personal relationship with Him, which is the foundation for a bright future (Hosea 6:6).

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Basic Laws

Events

Prophecies of Jeremiahc. 628 BC

Related verses

Hosea 8:13
Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to Me, and though they eat the meat, the LORD does not accept them. Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins: They will return to Egypt.
Jeremiah 6:20
What use to Me is frankincense from Sheba or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; your sacrifices do not please Me.”
Isaiah 1:11–15
“What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.
Amos 5:21–23
“I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies.

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes LORD: Names or title used to refer to God

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (Old Testament) Book of Jeremiah Jeremiah (Person) Temple

Topics

Backsliders: Backsliding of Israel Condescension of God: Expostulates with Backsliding Israel Impenitence: General Scriptures Concerning Offerings: Useless when not Accompanied by Genuine Piety Prophecies Concerning Israel: Prophecies Concerning of War and Other Judgments The Burnt offering: Obedience Better Than

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