Jeremiah 7:28 (WEB)

Passage

You shall tell them, ‘This is the nation that has not listened to Yahweh their God’s voice, nor received instruction. Truth has perished, and is cut off from their mouth.’

Nearby Context

Jeremiah 7:26 Yet they didn’t listen to me or incline their ear, but made their neck stiff. They did worse than their fathers.

Jeremiah 7:27 “You shall speak all these words to them, but they will not listen to you. You shall also call to them, but they will not answer you.

Jeremiah 7:28 You shall tell them, ‘This is the nation that has not listened to Yahweh their God’s voice, nor received instruction. Truth has perished, and is cut off from their mouth.’

Jeremiah 7:29 Cut off your hair, and throw it away, and take up a lamentation on the bare heights; for Yahweh has rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.

Jeremiah 7:30 “For the children of Judah have done that which is evil in my sight,” says Yahweh. “They have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "shall", "tell", "nation", "listened", "yahweh", "voice", "received", and "instruction". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "shall" and "tell", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 27's "You shall speak all these words to..." into verse 29's "Cut off your hair and throw it...", so "shall" and "tell" 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 "shall" and "tell" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.