Jeremiah 7:1-11

Evil in the Land

1The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: 2 aStand in the gate of the Lord’s house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of the Lord, all you men of Judah who enter these gates to worship the Lord. 3Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: bAmend your ways and your deeds, and I will let you dwell in this place. 4 cDo not trust in these deceptive words: ‘This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord.’

5For if you truly damend your ways and your deeds, if you truly eexecute justice one with another, 6if you fdo not oppress the sojourner, the fatherless, or the widow, gor shed innocent blood in this place, hand if you do not go after other gods to your own harm, 7 ithen I will let you dwell in this place, jin the land that I gave of old to your fathers forever.

8Behold, you trust in deceptive words to no avail. 9 kWill you steal, murder, commit adultery, lswear falsely, mmake offerings to Baal, nand go after other gods that you have not known, 10and then come and stand before me in this house, owhich is called by my name, and say, ‘We are delivered!’—only to go on doing all these abominations? 11 pHas this house, qwhich is called by my name, rbecome a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I myself have seen it, declares the Lord.
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