Jeremiah 7:3-11

English Standard Version

³Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: ^(A)Amend your ways and your deeds, and I will let you dwell in this place. ⁴^(B)Do not trust in these deceptive words: ‘This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord.’

⁵“For if you truly ^(C)amend your ways and your deeds, if you truly ^(D)execute justice one with another, ⁶if you ^(E)do not oppress the sojourner, the fatherless, or the widow, ^(F)or shed innocent blood in this place, ^(G)and if you do not go after other gods to your own harm, ⁷^(H)then I will let you dwell in this place, ^(I)in the land that I gave of old to your fathers forever.

⁸“Behold, you trust in deceptive words to no avail. ⁹^(J)Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, ^(K)swear falsely, ^(L)make offerings to Baal, ^(M)and go after other gods that you have not known, ¹⁰and then come and stand before me in this house, ^(N)which is called by my name, and say, ‘We are delivered!’—only to go on doing all these abominations? ¹¹^(O)Has this house, ^(P)which is called by my name, ^(Q)become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I myself have seen it, declares the Lord.