What is the meaning of Jeremiah 7:28? Therefore you must say to them Jeremiah is told to speak, not soften, God’s verdict. • The prophet’s duty mirrors Ezekiel 2:7, “But you must speak My words to them, whether they listen or refuse…”. • Like Paul charging Timothy (2 Timothy 4:2), the messenger must proclaim truth “in season and out of season.” • We see the courage required in Jeremiah 1:17: “Now, gird up your loins; stand up and tell them everything that I command you.” The verse reminds every believer that obedience to God’s directive outweighs concern for audience approval. This is the nation The indictment lands on a covenant people who ought to have known better. • God had set Israel apart (Deuteronomy 7:6; Exodus 19:5-6), just as the church is today called “a chosen people, a royal priesthood” (1 Peter 2:9). • National identity alone never guarantees favor; relationship and obedience do. That would not listen to the voice of the LORD their God Refusal to listen is willful rebellion. • 1 Samuel 15:22 asks, “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice?”. • Jesus states the standard plainly: “My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me” (John 10:27). • Luke 11:28 links blessing to hearing and doing: “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.” And would not receive correction God’s discipline is an expression of love, but it can be resisted. • Proverbs 3:11-12—quoted in Hebrews 12:5-6—urges, “Do not despise the LORD’s discipline… for the LORD disciplines the one He loves.” • Revelation 3:19 shows the same heart: “Those I love, I rebuke and discipline.” • Jeremiah 5:3 laments, “You struck them, but they felt no pain… They have refused to repent.” Rejecting correction closes the door to restoration. Truth has perished When ears shut to God, truth dies in the culture. • Isaiah 59:14-15 pictures the courtroom: “Truth has stumbled in the public square… whoever shuns evil becomes prey.” • Hosea 4:1 lists the charges: “There is no faithfulness, no love, no knowledge of God in the land.” • Jesus embodies the remedy: “I am the way and the truth and the life” (John 14:6). Turning from Him guarantees a famine of truth (2 Thessalonians 2:10-11). It has disappeared from their lips What fills the heart eventually shapes speech. • Psalm 12:2 observes, “They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.” • Matthew 15:8 echoes Isaiah: “This people honors Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.” • Paul urges believers, “Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully” (Ephesians 4:25); confession with the mouth (Romans 10:9-10) must align with a transformed heart. summary Jeremiah 7:28 paints a solemn portrait: a chosen nation that silenced God’s voice, rejected His corrective love, and consequently lost all grip on truth—both inwardly and outwardly. The verse warns every generation that ignoring God’s Word leads to cultural collapse, while embracing His voice, discipline, and truth secures life and blessing. |
    |