21 "The Message from God-of-the-Angel-Armies, Israel's God: 'Go ahead! Put your burnt offerings with all your other sacrificial offerings and make a good meal for yourselves. I sure don't want them! 22 When I delivered your ancestors out of Egypt, I never said anything to them about wanting burnt offerings and sacrifices as such. 23 But I did say this, commanded this: "Obey me. Do what I say and I will be your God and you will be my people. Live the way I tell you. Do what I command so that your lives will go well." 24 "'But do you think they listened? Not a word of it. They did just what they wanted to do, indulged any and every evil whim and got worse day by day. 25 From the time your ancestors left the land of Egypt until now, I've supplied a steady stream of my servants the prophets, 26 but do you think the people listened? Not once. Stubborn as mules and worse than their ancestors!' 27 "Tell them all this, but don't expect them to listen. Call out to them, but don't expect an answer. 28 Tell them, 'You are the nation that wouldn't obey God, that refused all discipline. Truth has disappeared. There's not a trace of it left in your mouths.
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.