Jeremiah 7:1-15

1The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, 2“1Stand at the gate of the Lord’s house and proclaim there this word, and say, ‘Hear the word of the Lord, all you of Judah, who enter by these gates to worship the Lord!’” 3This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel says: “2Amend your ways and your deeds, and I will let you live in this place. 43Do not trust in deceptive words, saying, ‘4This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord.’ 5For 5if you truly amend your ways and your deeds, if you truly 6practice justice between a person and his neighbor, 6if you do not oppress the stranger, the 78orphan, or the widow, and do not shed 9innocent blood in this place, nor 10follow other gods to your own ruin, 7then I will let you 11live in this place, in the 12land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever.

8“Behold, you are trusting in 13deceptive words to no avail. 9Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, 1415offer sacrifices to Baal, and follow 16other gods that you have not known, 10then 17come and stand before Me in 18this house which is called by My name, and say, ‘We are saved!’--so that you may do all these abominations? 11Has 19this house, which is called by My name, become a 20den of robbers in your sight? Behold, 21I Myself have seen it,” declares the Lord.

12“But go now to My place which was in 22Shiloh, where I 23made My name dwell at the beginning, and 24see what I did to it because of the wickedness of My people Israel. 13And now, because you have done all these things,” declares the Lord, “and I spoke to you, 25speaking again and again, but you did not listen, and I 26called you but you did not answer, 14therefore I will do to the 27house which is called by My name, 28in which you trust, and to the place which I gave you and your fathers, just as I 29did to Shiloh. 15I will 30hurl you out of My sight, just as I have hurled out all your brothers, all the 31descendants of 32Ephraim.