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Explain Jeremiah’s temple sermon as recorded in Jeremiah 7:1-15 .

Explain Jeremiah’s temple sermon as recorded in Jeremiah 7:1-15 .

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Eric
God commanded prophet Jeremiah to speak in the temple.
It was a response to the people of Israel to stop understanding religion through the practice of
syncretism and immorality.
At the gate to the temple, Jeremiah proclaimed that the people of Judah had to change their
way of life and stick to the covenant they made with God.
They had to stop defiling the temple of placing idols in it.
They had to stop committing social injustices and as murderer/exploitation of
the weak, orphans widows and foreigners.
The practice of human sacrifice was murder and displeasing to God.
Hypocrisy was bad.
The Israelites believed that the temple was secure from destruction because of its holiness was
not true.
God would destroy Israelites/Jerusalem through invasion of a foreign nation.
ericmunguti answered the question on September 28, 2018 at 05:37

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