Jeremiah 7:1-11

Legacy Standard Bible

Yahweh’s Warning from the Temple Gate

7 The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying, ² “^(A)Stand in the gate of the house of Yahweh, and you shall call out there this word, and you shall say, ‘Hear the word of Yahweh, all you of Judah, who enter by these gates to worship Yahweh!’” ³ Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, “^(B)Make your ways and your deeds good, and I will let you dwell in this place. ^4 (C)Do not trust in lying words, saying, ‘^[a]This is the temple of Yahweh, the temple of Yahweh, the temple of Yahweh.’ ⁵ For ^(D)if you truly make your ways and your deeds good, if you truly ^(E)do justice between a man and his neighbor, ⁶ if you do not oppress the sojourner, the ^[b](F)orphan, or the widow, and do not shed ^(G)innocent blood in this place, nor ^(H)walk after other gods to your own evil demise, ⁷ then I will let you ^(I)dwell in this place, in the ^(J)land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever.

⁸ “Behold, you are trusting in ^(K)lying words to no avail. ⁹ Will you steal, murder, and commit adultery and swear while lying, and ^(L)burn incense to Baal and walk after ^(M)other gods that you have not known, ¹⁰ then ^(N)come and stand before Me in ^(O)this house, which is called by My name, and say, ‘We are delivered!’—that you may do all these abominations? ¹¹ Has ^(P)this house, which is called by My name, become a ^(Q)robbers’ den in your sight? Behold, ^(R)I, even I, have seen it,” declares Yahweh.