Jeremiah 7:23 (LSB)

Passage

But this is what I commanded them, saying, ‘Listen to My voice, and I will be your God, and you will be My people; and you will walk in the entire way which I command you, that it may be well with you.’

Nearby Context

Jeremiah 7:21 Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, “Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices and eat flesh.

Jeremiah 7:22 For I did not speak to your fathers or command them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt concerning burnt offerings and sacrifices.

Jeremiah 7:23 But this is what I commanded them, saying, ‘Listen to My voice, and I will be your God, and you will be My people; and you will walk in the entire way which I command you, that it may be well with you.’

Jeremiah 7:24 Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but walked in their own counsels and in the stubbornness of their evil heart and went backward and not forward.

Jeremiah 7:25 Since the day that your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have sent you all My slaves the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "commanded", "saying", "listen", "voice", "people", "walk", and "entire". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "commanded" and "saying", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 22's "For I did not speak to your..." into verse 24's "Yet they did not listen or incline...", so "commanded" and "saying" 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 "commanded" and "saying" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.