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A Divine Taunt
Commentators unanimously interpret this verse not as a literal command, but as a sharp, sarcastic rebuke. God is essentially saying, "Go ahead, pile on more sacrifices! It's all meaningless to Me. You might as well just eat the meat, because without a repentant and obedient heart, your religious rituals are just profane feasts for yourselves."
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Jeremiah
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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 7:21
18th Century
Theologian
The meaning is: Increase your sacrifices as you will. Add burnt offerings to peace offerings. All is in vain as long as you neglect the indispensab…
Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 7:21
19th Century
Bishop
Put your burnt offerings. —that is, “Add one kind of sacrifice to another. Offer the victim, and then partake of the sacrificial f…
Charles Spurgeon
On Jeremiah 7:21–22
19th Century
Preacher
You have heard what God said to them when they came out of Egypt.
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John Calvin
On Jeremiah 7:21–24
16th Century
Theologian
The Prophet here taunts the Jews for being so diligent in their attention to sacrifices, while they had no care for piety. Therefore, he says by wa…
John Gill
On Jeremiah 7:21
17th Century
Pastor
Thus says the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel
The Lord of armies above and below, and the covenant God of the p…
Matthew Henry
On Jeremiah 7:21–28
17th Century
Minister
God shows that obedience was required of them. What God commanded was, Hearken diligently to the voice of the Lord thy God. The promise is…