Jeremiah 7:3–11

³“This is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Correct your ways and your deeds, ⁿand 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 change your ways and your actions, if you act justly toward one another, ^op6if you no longer oppress the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow ^qand 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 ancestors ^rlong 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? ^s10Then do you come and stand before Me in this house ^tcalled by My name and say, ‘We are delivered, so we can continue doing all these detestable acts’? ¹¹Has this house, which is called by My name, become a den of robbers ^uin your view? Yes, I too have seen it.” ^v

This is the Lord’s declaration.