Do not trust deceitful words, chanting, “This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord.” Instead, if you really correct your ways and your actions, if you act justly toward one another,[a](A) if you no longer oppress the resident alien, the fatherless, and the widow(B) and no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods, bringing harm on yourselves,

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Footnotes

  1. 7:5 Lit justly between a man and his neighbor

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