Jeremiah 7:4–14

⁴“^aDo not trust in deceptive words, saying, ‘¹This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord.’

⁵“For ^aif you truly amend your ways and your deeds, if you truly ^bpractice justice between a man and his neighbor,

⁶if you do not oppress the alien, the ^1aorphan, or the widow, and do not shed ^binnocent blood in this place, nor ^cwalk after other gods to your own ruin,

⁷then I will let you ^adwell in this place, in the ^bland that I gave to your fathers forever and ever.

⁸“Behold, you are trusting in ^adeceptive words to no avail.

⁹“Will you steal, murder, and commit adultery and swear falsely, and ^1aoffer sacrifices to Baal and walk after ^bother gods that you have not known,

¹⁰then ^acome and stand before Me in ^bthis house, which is called by My name, and say, ‘We are delivered!’—that you may do all these abominations?

¹¹“Has ^athis house, which is called by My name, become a ^bden of robbers in your sight? Behold, ^cI, even I, have seen it,” declares the Lord.

¹²“But go now to My place which was in ^aShiloh, where I ^bmade My name dwell at the first, and ^csee what I did to it because of the wickedness of My people Israel.

¹³“And now, because you have done all these things,” declares the Lord, “and I spoke to you, ^arising up early and ^bspeaking, but you did not hear, and I ^ccalled you but you did not answer,

¹⁴therefore, I will do to the ^ahouse which is called by My name, ^bin which you trust, and to the place which I gave you and your fathers, as I ^cdid to Shiloh.