²⁴ all the nations ^(A)will say, ^(B)‘Why has the Lord done thus to this land? What caused the heat of this great anger?’

^4 (A)Do not trust in these deceptive words: ‘This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord.’

⁵ “For if you truly ^(B)amend your ways and your deeds, if you truly ^(C)execute justice one with another, ⁶ if you ^(D)do not oppress the sojourner, the fatherless, or the widow, ^(E)or shed innocent blood in this place, ^(F)and if you do not go after other gods to your own harm, ^7 (G)then I will let you dwell in this place, ^(H)in the land that I gave of old to your fathers forever.

⁸ “Behold, you trust in deceptive words to no avail. ^9 (I)Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, ^(J)swear falsely, ^(K)make offerings to Baal, ^(L)and go after other gods that you have not known, ¹⁰ and then come and stand before me in this house, ^(M)which is called by my name, and say, ‘We are delivered!’—only to go on doing all these abominations? ^11 (N)Has this house, ^(O)which is called by my name, ^(P)become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I myself have seen it, declares the Lord. ¹² Go now to ^(Q)my place that was in Shiloh, ^(R)where I made my name dwell at first, and ^(S)see what I did to it because of the evil of my people Israel. ¹³ And now, because you have done all these things, declares the Lord, and ^(T)when I spoke to you persistently you did not listen, and ^(U)when I called you, you did not answer, ¹⁴ therefore I will do to ^(V)the house ^(W)that is called by my name, and in which you trust, and to the place that I gave to you and to your fathers, ^(X)as I did to Shiloh. ^15 (Y)And I will cast you out of my sight, ^(Z)as I cast out all your kinsmen, all the offspring of ^(AA)Ephraim.

³⁸ See, ^(A)your house is left to you desolate.