Jeremiah 7:15 (LSB)

Passage

I will cast you out of My presence, as I have cast out all your brothers, all the seed of Ephraim.

Nearby Context

Jeremiah 7:13 And now, because you have done all these works,” declares Yahweh, “and I spoke to you, rising up early and speaking, but you did not hear, and I called you but you did not answer,

Jeremiah 7:14 therefore, I will do to the house which is called by My name, in which you trust, and to the place which I gave you and your fathers, as I did to Shiloh.

Jeremiah 7:15 I will cast you out of My presence, as I have cast out all your brothers, all the seed of Ephraim.

Jeremiah 7:16 “As for you, do not pray for this people and do not lift up a cry of lamentation or prayer for them and do not intercede with Me, for I am not hearing you.

Jeremiah 7:17 Are you not seeing what they are doing in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "cast", "presence", "brothers", "seed", and "ephraim". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "cast" and "presence", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 14's "therefore I will do to the house..." into verse 16's "As for you do not pray for...", so "cast" and "presence" 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 "cast" and "presence" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.