Jeremiah 7:1-7 ▼

1 The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying,

2 “Stand in the gate of the house of Yahweh, and you shall call out there this word, and you shall say, ‘Hear the word of Yahweh, all you of Judah, who enter by these gates to worship Yahweh!’”

3 Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, “Make your ways and your deeds good, and I will let you dwell in this place.

4 Do not trust in lying words, saying, ‘This is the temple of Yahweh, the temple of Yahweh, 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 if you do not oppress the sojourner, the orphan, or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, nor walk after other gods to your own evil demise,

7 then I will let you dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever.