1 The word came to Jeremiah from the Lord:
2 Stand at the gate of the house of the Lord and proclaim this message there: Hear the word of the Lord, all you of Judah who enter these gates to worship the Lord!
3 Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Reform your ways and your deeds so that I may dwell with you in this place.
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.