Jeremiah 7:7 (KJV)

Passage

Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever.

Nearby Context

Jeremiah 7:5 For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour;

Jeremiah 7:6 If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:

Jeremiah 7:7 Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever.

Jeremiah 7:8 Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.

Jeremiah 7:9 Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "cause", "dwell", "place", "land", "gave", "fathers", and "ever". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "cause" and "dwell", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "If ye oppress not the stranger the..." into verse 8's "Behold ye trust in lying words that...", so "cause" and "dwell" 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 "cause" and "dwell" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.