Jeremiah 7:3–11

³Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: ^b“Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place. ^4cDo not trust in these lying words, saying, ‘The temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord are these.’

⁵“For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, if you thoroughly ^dexecute ¹judgment between a man and his neighbor, ⁶if you do not oppress the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, ^eor walk after other gods to your hurt, ^7fthen I will cause you to dwell in this place, in ^gthe land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever.

⁸“Behold, you trust in ^hlying words that cannot profit. ⁹ⁱWill you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and ^jwalk after other gods whom you do not know, ^10kand then come and stand before Me in this house ^lwhich is called by My name, and say, ‘We are delivered to do all these abominations’? ¹¹Has ^mthis house, which is called by My name, become a ⁿden of thieves in your eyes? Behold, I, even I, have seen it,” says the Lord.