Jeremiah 7:3-5

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³The Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, says: Change your lives and do good things. If you do this, I will let you live in this place.^[a] ⁴Don’t trust the lies that some people say. They say, “This is the Temple of the Lord, the Temple of the Lord, the Temple of the Lord!^[b]” ⁵If you change your lives and do good things, I will let you live in this place. You must be fair to each other.

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Footnotes

Jeremiah 7:3 I will … place This can also mean “I will live with you.”
Jeremiah 7:4 This is … Lord Many people in Jerusalem thought the Lord would always protect the city where his Temple was, so it didn’t matter how evil they were.