Verse Lens · Context pointer
Jeremiah 7:5 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 5. 5For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour;
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Role in This Section
The prophetic word through Jeremiah supplies a stated reason through “For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings” at Jeremiah 7:5 in “The Temple Sermon Ties Worship to Public Justice.”
Read It With
- Jeremiah 7:1–7
Jeremiah 7:1–7 is the required frame for Jeremiah 7:5. The prophetic word through Jeremiah supplies a stated reason through “For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings” at Jeremiah 7:5 in “The Temple Sermon Ties Worship to Public Justice.” The unit's outcome controls the line's meaning.
Why It Needs Context
This context pointer tracks one step in Jeremiah 7:1–7: The prophetic word through Jeremiah supplies a stated reason through “For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings” at Jeremiah 7:5 in “The Temple Sermon Ties Worship to Public Justice.” Read the thought unit before assigning enduring truth or application.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Jeremiah 7:1–7 — The Temple Sermon Ties Worship to Public JusticeSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Jeremiah 7:1–7, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Jeremiah
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2; fixed commit
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a critical apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Jer.xml, OSIS 7:1–7
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