⁸ But look, you are trusting^(A) in deceptive^(B) words that are worthless.

⁹ “‘Will you steal^(C) and murder,^(D) commit adultery^(E) and perjury,^[a](F) burn incense to Baal^(G) and follow other gods^(H) you have not known, ¹⁰ and then come and stand^(I) before me in this house,^(J) which bears my Name, and say, “We are safe”—safe to do all these detestable things?^{(K) 11} Has this house,^(L) which bears my Name, become a den of robbers^(M) to you? But I have been watching!^(N) declares the Lord.

²¹ you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?^{(A) 22} You who say that people should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?^(B)