Jeremiah 7:4–14

^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.

¹²“But go now to ^oMy place which was in Shiloh, ^pwhere I set My name at the first, and see ^qwhat I did to it because of the wickedness of My people Israel. ¹³And now, because you have done all these works,” says the Lord, “and I spoke to you, ^rrising up early and speaking, but you did not hear, and I ^scalled you, but you did not answer, ¹⁴therefore I will do to the house which is called by My name, in which you trust, and to this place which I gave to you and your fathers, as I have done to ^tShiloh.