Text: Jeremiah 7:5-6
OT Text Referred to: Deuteronomy 5:17-20
Subject: Righteousness and justice
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Longitudinal Theme
Significance: Deuteronomy 5:17-20 lists the ethical commandments of the Decalogue—do not murder, commit adultery, steal, or bear false witness—and Jeremiah 7:5-6 paraphrases these same obligations in his temple sermon: "truly practice justice (מִשְׁפָּט, mishpat) between man and his neighbor" and "do not oppress the foreigner, fatherless, or widow, and do not shed innocent blood." Jeremiah's formulation translates the Decalogue's prohibitions into positive social imperatives, demonstrating that the commandments have implications beyond individual morality. The prophet's sermon demands that temple worship be accompanied by the Decalogue's ethical requirements, or else the temple itself will share the fate of Shiloh—God's earlier sanctuary that He destroyed for Israel's sins.