Jeremiah 7:5 (GNV)

Passage

For if you amende and redresse your waies and your woorkes: if you execute iudgement betweene a man and his neighbour,

Nearby Context

Jeremiah 7:3 Thus sayeth the Lord of hostes, the God of Israel, Amend your waies and your woorkes, and I will let you dwell in this place.

Jeremiah 7:4 Trust not in lying woordes, saying, The Temple of the Lord, the Temple of the Lord: this is the Temple of the Lord.

Jeremiah 7:5 For if you amende and redresse your waies and your woorkes: if you execute iudgement betweene a man and his neighbour,

Jeremiah 7:6 And oppresse not the stranger, the fatherlesse and the widow and shed no innocent blood in this place, neither walke after other gods to your destruction,

Jeremiah 7:7 Then will I let you dwell in this place in the lande that I gaue vnto your fathers, for euer and euer.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "amende", "redresse", "waies", "woorkes", "execute", "iudgement", "betweene", and "neighbour". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "amende" and "redresse", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "Trust not in lying woordes saying The..." into verse 6's "And oppresse not the stranger the fatherlesse...", so "amende" and "redresse" belong inside that flow. In Jeremiah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "amende" and "redresse" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.