Jer 7:3-4 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Jer 7:3-4: 7:3-4 Pagans believed that a symbol was identical with what it represented, so in the paganized worship of Jeremiah’s day, the Temple was God’s heavenly house. It would be ridiculous to think that enemies could destroy it. To reinforce that idea, the people vigorously repeated a chant, The Lord ’s Temple is here . However, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies needed no earthly house (2 Sam 7:6-7 ; 1 Kgs 8:27 ); whatever security the Israelites obtained from the Temple came from the Lord himself, and only on his terms (1 Kgs 6:12 ).

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‏ Jeremiah 7:3-4

Summary for Jer 7:3-4: 7:3-4 ^a Pagans believed that a symbol was identical with what it represented, so in the paganized worship of Jeremiah’s day, the Temple was God’s heavenly house. It would be ridiculous to think that enemies could destroy it. To reinforce that idea, the people vigorously repeated a chant, The Lord’s Temple is here. However, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies needed no earthly house (2 Sam 7:6-7 ^b; 1 Kgs 8:27 ^c); whatever security the Israelites obtained from the Temple came from the Lord himself, and only on his terms (1 Kgs 6:12 ^d).