Jeremiah 7:3–11

³“ ‘This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: Correct your ways and your actions,^f and I will allow you to live in this place. ⁴Do not trust deceitful words, chanting, “This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord.” ⁵Instead, if you really correct your ways and your actions, if you act justly toward one another,^{Cg 6}if you no longer oppress the resident alien, the fatherless, and the widow^h and no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods, bringing harm on yourselves, ⁷I will allow you to live in this place, the land I gave to your ancestorsⁱ long ago and forever. ⁸But look, you keep trusting in deceitful words that cannot help.

⁹“ ‘Do you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known?^{j 10}Then do you come and stand before me in this house^k that bears my name and say, “We are rescued, so we can continue doing all these detestable acts”? ¹¹Has this house, which bears my name, become a den of robbers^l in your view? Yes, I too have seen it.^m

This is the Lord’s declaration.