The Meaning of Jeremiah 7:5 Explained

Jeremiah 7:5

KJV: For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour;

YLT: For, if ye do thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, If ye do judgment thoroughly Between a man and his neighbour,

Darby: But if ye thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, if ye really do justice between a man and his neighbour,

ASV: For if ye thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbor;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

For if ye throughly  amend  your ways  and your doings;  if ye throughly  execute  judgment  between a man  and his neighbour; 

What does Jeremiah 7:5 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Jeremiah 7

1  Jeremiah is sent to call to true repentance, to prevent the Jews' captivity
8  He rejects their vain confidence,
12  by the example of Shiloh
17  He threatens them for their idolatry
21  He rejects the sacrifices of the disobedient
29  He exhorts to mourn for their abominations in Tophet;
32  and the judgments for the same

What do the individual words in Jeremiah 7:5 mean?

For if thoroughly you amend - your ways and your doings thoroughly you execute judgment between a man and his neighbor
כִּ֤י אִם־ הֵיטֵיב֙ תֵּיטִ֔יבוּ אֶת־ דַּרְכֵיכֶ֖ם וְאֶת־ מַֽעַלְלֵיכֶ֑ם עָשׂ֤וֹ תַֽעֲשׂוּ֙ מִשְׁפָּ֔ט בֵּ֥ין אִ֖ישׁ וּבֵ֥ין רֵעֵֽהוּ

הֵיטֵיב֙  thoroughly 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Infinitive absolute
Root: יָטַב  
Sense: to be good, be pleasing, be well, be glad.
תֵּיטִ֔יבוּ  you  amend 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, second person masculine plural
Root: יָטַב  
Sense: to be good, be pleasing, be well, be glad.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
דַּרְכֵיכֶ֖ם  your  ways 
Parse: Noun, common plural construct, second person masculine plural
Root: דֶּרֶךְ  
Sense: way, road, distance, journey, manner.
מַֽעַלְלֵיכֶ֑ם  your  doings 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine plural
Root: מַעֲלִיל 
Sense: deed, practice.
עָשׂ֤וֹ  thoroughly 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Infinitive absolute
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
תַֽעֲשׂוּ֙  you  execute 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine plural
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
מִשְׁפָּ֔ט  judgment 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִשְׁפָּט  
Sense: judgment, justice, ordinance.
בֵּ֥ין  between 
Parse: Preposition
Root: בַּיִן 
Sense: between, among, in the midst of (with other preps), from between.
אִ֖ישׁ  a  man 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
רֵעֵֽהוּ  his  neighbor 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: רֵעַ  
Sense: friend, companion, fellow, another person.