21 Thus says the Lord of hosts , the God of Israel , "Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices and eat flesh . 22 "For I did not speak to your fathers , or command them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt , concerning e burnt offerings and sacrifices . 23 "But this is what I commanded them, saying , ' Obey My voice , and I will be your God , and you will be My people ; and you will walk in all the way which I command you, that it may be well with you.' 24 "Yet they did not obey or incline their ear , but walked in their own counsels and in the stubbornness of their evil heart , and went backward and not forward . 25 "Since the day that your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day , I have sent you all My servants the prophets , daily rising early and sending them. 26 "Yet they did not listen to Me or incline their ear , but stiffened their neck ; they did more evil than their fathers . 27 "You shall speak all these words to them, but they will not listen to you; and you shall call to them, but they will not answer you. 28 "You shall say to them, 'This is the nation that did not obey the voice of the Lord their God or accept correction ; truth has perished and has been cut off from their mouth .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Jeremiah 7:21-28
Commentary on Jeremiah 7:21-28
(Read 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.