Text: Jeremiah 7:5
OT Text Referred to: Exodus 20:14
Subject: adultery prohibition and justice demand
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Longitudinal Theme
Anchor Text: Exod 20 — The Decalogue
Significance: Exodus 20:14 commands marital faithfulness through the prohibition of adultery (לֹא תִנְאָף, lo tin'af), and Jeremiah 7:5 connects covenant obedience—including sexual fidelity—to the condition for dwelling securely in the land: "If you truly practice justice (מִשְׁפָּט, mishpat) between one another." Jeremiah's temple sermon treats the Decalogue's commandments as the non-negotiable terms for continued divine blessing, linking the personal ethics of the seventh commandment to the corporate practice of justice. The people cannot claim the temple's protection while violating the covenant whose terms the temple embodies.