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Jeremiah 7:21

King James Version (KJV)

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

Jeremiah 7:21 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Jeremiah 7:21

Theological / Devotional

Lord of hosts. See on v. 3.

Burnt offerings. From the Heb. ‘olah, literally, “that which goes up” (see on Gen. 8:20; Lev. 1:3). The entire offering was consumed in the fire of the altar (see Lev. 1:9).

Sacrifices. Heb. zebachim, a general term applied to all oblations in which the flesh of the victim was eaten (see on peace offerings, Vol. I, pp. 700, 701). The prophet declared that the people of Judah might as well eat the flesh of the burnt offerings as that of the peace offerings, for God would accept neither from them (see Jer. 6:20; Hosea 9:4). Multiplication of sacrifices could not avert the coming judgment.

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