Jeremiah 7:4-7 ▼

4 Do not put your trust in these deceptive words: “The temple of the LORD! The temple of the LORD! The temple of the LORD!”

5 Only if you thoroughly reform your ways and your deeds; if each of you deals justly with your neighbor;

6 if you no longer oppress the alien, the orphan, and the widow; if you no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow after other gods to your own harm,

7 only then will I let you continue to dwell in this place, in the land I gave your ancestors long ago and forever.