Jeremiah 7:4-6

The Voice

⁴ Do not rely on the misguided words, ‘The temple of the Eternal, the temple of the Eternal, the temple of the Eternal,’ as if the temple’s presence alone will protect you. ⁵ But if you genuinely change your ways and stop what you are doing; if you deal with each other fairly; ⁶ if you don’t oppress foreigners, orphans, and widows; if you don’t shed the blood of the innocent in this land; and if you don’t practice the self-destructive worship of other gods;