Jeremiah 7:1-7 ▼

1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD:

2 “Stand in the gate of the house of the LORD and there call out this word: ‘Hear the word of the LORD, all you people of Judah who enter through these gates to worship the LORD.

3 “ ‘This is what the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says: Correct your ways and your actions, and I will allow you to live in this place.

4 Do not trust deceitful words, chanting, “This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.”

5 Instead, if you really correct your ways and your actions, if you act justly toward one another,

6 if you no longer oppress the resident alien, the fatherless, and the widow and no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods, bringing harm on yourselves,

7 I will allow you to live in this place, the land I gave to your ancestors long ago and forever.