Jeremiah 7:4-22

New International Version

⁴ Do not trust^(A) in deceptive^(B) words and say, “This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord!” ⁵ If you really change^(C) your ways and your actions and deal with each other justly,^{(D) 6} if you do not oppress^(E) the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow and do not shed innocent blood^(F) in this place, and if you do not follow other gods^(G) to your own harm, ⁷ then I will let you live in this place, in the land^(H) I gave your ancestors^(I) for ever and ever. ⁸ But look, you are trusting^(J) in deceptive^(K) words that are worthless.

⁹ “‘Will you steal^(L) and murder,^(M) commit adultery^(N) and perjury,^[a](O) burn incense to Baal^(P) and follow other gods^(Q) you have not known, ¹⁰ and then come and stand^(R) before me in this house,^(S) which bears my Name, and say, “We are safe”—safe to do all these detestable things?^{(T) 11} Has this house,^(U) which bears my Name, become a den of robbers^(V) to you? But I have been watching!^(W) declares the Lord.

¹² “‘Go now to the place in Shiloh^(X) where I first made a dwelling^(Y) for my Name,^(Z) and see what I did^(AA) to it because of the wickedness of my people Israel. ¹³ While you were doing all these things, declares the Lord, I spoke^(AB) to you again and again,^(AC) but you did not listen;^(AD) I called^(AE) you, but you did not answer.^{(AF) 14} Therefore, what I did to Shiloh^(AG) I will now do to the house that bears my Name,^(AH) the temple^(AI) you trust in, the place I gave to you and your ancestors. ¹⁵ I will thrust you from my presence,^(AJ) just as I did all your fellow Israelites, the people of Ephraim.’^(AK)

¹⁶ “So do not pray for this people nor offer any plea^(AL) or petition for them; do not plead with me, for I will not listen^(AM) to you. ¹⁷ Do you not see what they are doing in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? ¹⁸ The children gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough and make cakes to offer to the Queen of Heaven.^(AN) They pour out drink offerings^(AO) to other gods to arouse^(AP) my anger. ¹⁹ But am I the one they are provoking?^(AQ) declares the Lord. Are they not rather harming themselves, to their own shame?^(AR)

²⁰ “‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign^(AS) Lord says: My anger^(AT) and my wrath will be poured^(AU) out on this place—on man and beast, on the trees of the field and on the crops of your land—and it will burn and not be quenched.^(AV)

²¹ “‘This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Go ahead, add your burnt offerings to your other sacrifices^(AW) and eat^(AX) the meat yourselves! ²² For when I brought your ancestors out of Egypt and spoke to them, I did not just give them commands^(AY) about burnt offerings and sacrifices,^(AZ)