Jeremiah 7:6 (LSB)

Passage

if you do not oppress the sojourner, the orphan, or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, nor walk after other gods to your own evil demise,

Nearby Context

Jeremiah 7:4 Do not trust in lying words, saying, ‘This is the temple of Yahweh, the temple of Yahweh, the temple of Yahweh.’

Jeremiah 7:5 For if you truly make your ways and your deeds good, if you truly do justice between a man and his neighbor,

Jeremiah 7:6 if you do not oppress the sojourner, the orphan, or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, nor walk after other gods to your own evil demise,

Jeremiah 7:7 then I will let you dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever.

Jeremiah 7:8 “Behold, you are trusting in lying words to no avail.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "oppress", "sojourner", "orphan", "widow", "shed", "innocent", "blood", and "place". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "oppress" and "sojourner", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "For if you truly make your ways..." into verse 7's "then I will let you dwell in...", so "oppress" and "sojourner" 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 "oppress" and "sojourner" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.