Jeremiah 7:1-15.
Jeremiah 7.1-15
Jeremiah Speaks in the Temple
The Lord told me to stand by the gate of the temple and to tell the
people who were going in that the Lord All-Powerful, the God of
Israel, had said: Pay attention, people of Judah! Change your ways and
start living right, then I will let you keep on living in your own
country. Don't fool yourselves! My temple is here in Jerusalem, but
that doesn't mean I will protect you. I will keep you safe only if
you change your ways. Be fair and honest with each other. Stop taking
advantage of foreigners, orphans, and widows. Don't kill innocent
people. And stop worshiping other gods. Then I will let you enjoy a
long life in this land I gave your ancestors. But just look at what is
happening! You put your trust in worthless lies. You steal and
murder; you lie in court and are unfaithful in marriage. You worship
idols and offer incense to Baal, when these gods have never done
anything for you. And then you come into my temple and worship me! Do
you think I will protect you so that you can go on sinning? You are
thieves, and you have made my temple your hideout. But I've seen
everything you have done.
Go to Shiloh, where my sacred tent once stood. Take a look at what I
did there. My people Israel sinned, and so I destroyed Shiloh! While
you have been sinning, I have been trying to talk to you, but you
refuse to listen. Don't think this temple will protect you. Long ago
I told your ancestors to build it and worship me here, but now I have
decided to tear it down, just as I destroyed Shiloh. And as for you,
people of Judah, I'm going to send you away from my land, just as I
sent away the people of Ephraim and the other northern tribes."
God bless you.
Jeremiah Speaks in the Temple
The Lord told me to stand by the gate of the temple and to tell the
people who were going in that the Lord All-Powerful, the God of
Israel, had said: Pay attention, people of Judah! Change your ways and
start living right, then I will let you keep on living in your own
country. Don't fool yourselves! My temple is here in Jerusalem, but
that doesn't mean I will protect you. I will keep you safe only if
you change your ways. Be fair and honest with each other. Stop taking
advantage of foreigners, orphans, and widows. Don't kill innocent
people. And stop worshiping other gods. Then I will let you enjoy a
long life in this land I gave your ancestors. But just look at what is
happening! You put your trust in worthless lies. You steal and
murder; you lie in court and are unfaithful in marriage. You worship
idols and offer incense to Baal, when these gods have never done
anything for you. And then you come into my temple and worship me! Do
you think I will protect you so that you can go on sinning? You are
thieves, and you have made my temple your hideout. But I've seen
everything you have done.
Go to Shiloh, where my sacred tent once stood. Take a look at what I
did there. My people Israel sinned, and so I destroyed Shiloh! While
you have been sinning, I have been trying to talk to you, but you
refuse to listen. Don't think this temple will protect you. Long ago
I told your ancestors to build it and worship me here, but now I have
decided to tear it down, just as I destroyed Shiloh. And as for you,
people of Judah, I'm going to send you away from my land, just as I
sent away the people of Ephraim and the other northern tribes."
God bless you.
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