Jeremiah 7:7 (GNV)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

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.

Jeremiah 7:8 Beholde, you trust in lying woordes, that can not profite.

Jeremiah 7:9 Will you steale, murder, and commit adulterie, and sweare falsely and burne incense vnto Baal, and walke after other gods whome yee knowe not?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "dwell", "place", "lande", "gaue", "vnto", "fathers", and "euer". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "dwell" and "place", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "And oppresse not the stranger the fatherlesse..." into verse 8's "Beholde you trust in lying woordes that...", so "dwell" and "place" 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 "dwell" and "place" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.