Jeremiah 7 · Verse 22

Jeremiah 7:22

For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:
Jeremiah 7:22, King James Version

Jeremiah 7:22 in other translations

BSBFor when I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt, I did not merely command them about burnt offerings and sacrifices,
WEBFor 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;
ASVFor I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt-offerings or sacrifices:
YLTFor I did not speak with your fathers, Nor did I command them in the day of My bringing them out of the land of Egypt, Concerning the matters of burnt-offering and sacrifice,
DARBYFor I spoke not unto your fathers, nor commanded them concerning burnt-offerings and sacrifices, in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt;
BBEFor I said nothing to your fathers, and gave them no orders, on the day when I took them out of Egypt, about burned offerings or offerings of beasts:
WebsterFor I spoke not to your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt-offerings or sacrifices:

What does Jeremiah 7:22 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
22. Not contradicting the divine obligation of the legal sacrifices. But, "I did not require sacrifices, unless combined with moral obedience" (Psa 50:8; 51:16, 17). The superior claim of the moral above the positive precepts of the law was marked by the ten commandments having been delivered first, and by the two tables of stone being deposited alone in the ark (De 5:6). The negative in Hebrew often supplies the want of the comparative: not excluding the thing denied, but only implying the prior claim of the thing set in opposition to it (Ho 6:6). "I will have mercy, and not sacrifice" (1Sa 15:22). Love to God is the supreme end, external observances only means towards that end. "The mere sacrifice was not so much what I commanded, as the sincere submission to My will gives to the sacrifice all its virtue" [Magee, Atonement, Note 57].

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 7:21-28

God shows that obedience was required of them. That which God commanded was, Hearken diligently to the voice of the Lord thy God. The promise is very encouraging. Let God's will be your rule, and his favour shall be your happiness. God was displeased with disobedience. We understand the gospel as little as the Jews understood the law, if we think that even the sacrifice of Christ lessens our obligation to obey.

Read the full comment on Jeremiah 7:21-28 →

Jeremiah 7:22 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כִּ֠יkiforH3588
לֹֽא\־lo'-notH3808
דִבַּ֤רְתִּיdi.Bar.tiI spokeH1696
אֶת\־'et-withH854
אֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶם֙'a.vo.tei.Khemancestors yourH1
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and notH3808
צִוִּיתִ֔יםtzi.vi.TimI commanded themH6680
בְּי֛וֹםbe.Yomon [the] dayH3117
הוֹצִיאִ֥יho.tzi'brought out IH3318
אוֹתָ֖ם'o.Tam<obj.> themH853
מֵאֶ֣רֶץme.'E.retzfrom [the] land ofH776
מִצְרָ֑יִםmitz.Ra.yimEgyptH4714
עַל\־'al-onH5921
דִּבְרֵ֥יdiv.Reimatters ofH1697
עוֹלָ֖הo.Lahburnt offeringH5930
וָזָֽבַח\׃va.Za.vachand sacrificeH2077

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jeremiah 7:22

  • Hosea 6:6

    For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

  • 1 Samuel 15:22

    And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.

  • Psalms 51:16-17

    For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

  • Matthew 9:13

    But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

  • Psalms 40:6

    Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.

  • Psalms 50:8-17

    I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me. I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds. For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine. …

  • Mark 12:33

    And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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1Sa 15:22; Ps 40:6; 50:8-17; 51:16,17; Ho 6:6; Mt 9:13; Mr 12:33
burnt offerings. Heb. the matter of burnt offerings.

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Context

  • Jeremiah 7:21

    Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh.

  • Jeremiah 7:22

    For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded 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 commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.

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Jeremiah 7:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Porque no hablé yo con vuestros padres, ni les mandé el día que los saqué de la tierra de Egipto, acerca de holocaustos y de víctimas:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Car je n’ai point parlé avec vos pères, et je ne leur ai point commandé touchant des holocaustes et des sacrifices, au jour où je les fis sortir du pays d’Égypte.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Denn ich habe nicht mit euren Vätern geredet und ihnen nicht betreffs des Brandopfers und des Schlachtopfers geboten, an dem Tage, da ich sie aus dem Lande Ägypten herausführte;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		quia non sum locutus cum patribus vestris, et non præcepi eis, in die qua eduxi eos de terra Ægypti, de verbo holocautomatum et victimarum: