Jeremiah 7:22 (WEB)

Passage

For I didn’t speak to your fathers or command them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices;

Nearby Context

Jeremiah 7:20 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Behold, my anger and my wrath will be poured out on this place, on man, on animal, on the trees of the field, and on the fruit of the ground; and it will burn and will not be quenched.”

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

Jeremiah 7:22 For I didn’t speak to your fathers or command them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices;

Jeremiah 7:23 but this thing I commanded them, saying, ‘Listen to my voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be my people; and walk in all the way that I command you, that it may be well with you.’

Jeremiah 7:24 But they didn’t listen or turn their ear, but walked in their own counsels and in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "didn", "speak", "fathers", "command", "brought", "land", "egypt", and "concerning". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "didn" and "speak", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 21's "Yahweh of Armies the God of Israel..." into verse 23's "but this thing I commanded them saying...", so "didn" and "speak" 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 "didn" and "speak" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.