Jeremiah’s Proclamation at the Gate of the House of Yahweh

7 The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying,^{[a] 2} “Stand in the gate of the house of Yahweh and proclaim there this word, and say, ‘Hear the word of Yahweh, all of Judah, those who enter through these gates to bow in worship to Yahweh. ³ Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, “Make your ways and your deeds good and let me dwell with you in this place. ⁴ Do not trust in the deceitful words,^[b] saying,^[c] ‘The temple of Yahweh, the temple of Yahweh, they are the temple of Yahweh.’ ⁵ For if you truly make your ways and your deeds good, if you truly do justice between a man and his neighbor, ⁶ you do not oppress the alien, the orphan, and the widow, you do not shed innocent blood in this place, and you do not go after other gods to your harm,^{[d] 7} then I will let you dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your ancestors^[e] forever and ever.^[f]

⁸ Look, you are relying for yourselves on deceitful words^[g] without benefiting. ⁹ Will you steal? Will you murder? And will you commit adultery? And will you swear falsely?^[h] And will you make a smoke offering to the Baal? And will you go after other gods whom you have not known? ¹⁰ And then you come and you stand before^[i] me in this house, which is called by my name,^[j] and you say, ‘we are safe to go on doing^[k] all of these detestable things.’ ¹¹ Has this house, which is called by my name,^[l] become a cave of robbers in your eyes? Look, I, even I, have seen it,” ^[m] declares^[n] Yahweh.