Jeremiah 7:6 (YLT)

Passage

Sojourner, fatherless, and widow, ye oppress not, And innocent blood do not shed in this place, And after other gods do not walk, for evil to yourselves,

Nearby Context

Jeremiah 7:4 Do not trust for yourselves Unto the words of falsehood, saying, The temple of Jehovah, the temple of Jehovah, The temple of Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> they!

Jeremiah 7:5 For, if ye do thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, If ye do judgment thoroughly Between a man and his neighbour,

Jeremiah 7:6 Sojourner, fatherless, and widow, ye oppress not, And innocent blood do not shed in this place, And after other gods do not walk, for evil to yourselves,

Jeremiah 7:7 Then I have caused you to dwell in this place, In the land that I gave to your fathers, From age even unto age.

Jeremiah 7:8 Lo, ye are trusting for yourselves On the words of falsehood, so as not to profit.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "For if ye do thoroughly amend your..." into verse 7's "Then I have caused you to dwell...", so "sojourner" and "fatherless" 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 "sojourner" and "fatherless" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.