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Jeremiah 7

At the temple gate Jeremiah destroys the false confidence that possessing the LORD’s temple guarantees safety; he condemns injustice, idolatry, and child sacrifice, points to Shiloh, and announces that ritual cannot shield persistent rebellion.

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At the temple gate Jeremiah destroys the false confidence that possessing the LORD’s temple guarantees safety; he condemns injustice, idolatry, and child sacrifice, points to Shiloh, and announces that ritual cannot shield persistent rebellion.

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Verses 1–15At the temple gate Jeremiah says the temple cannot protect people who continue in sinVerses 16–20Judah’s idolatry provokes wrath, and Jeremiah is told not to pray for themVerses 21–28God wanted obedience, but the people hardened their necks and would not hearVerses 29–34Tophet and the valley of Hinnom become places of slaughter because of Judah’s abominations
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1The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,2Stand in the gate of the LORD's house, and proclaim…3Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel,…4Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of…5For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings;…6If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the…7Then will I cause you to dwell in this place,…8Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.9Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely,…10And come and stand before me in this house, which…11Is this house, which is called by my name, become…12But go ye now unto my place which was in…13And now, because ye have done all these works, saith…14Therefore will I do unto this house, which is called…15And I will cast you out of my sight, as…16Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up…17Seest thou not what they do in the cities of…18The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire,…19Do they provoke me to anger? saith the LORD: do…20Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, mine anger and…21Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel;…22For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them…23But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice,…24But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked…25Since the day that your fathers came forth out of…26Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear,…27Therefore thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but…28But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation…29Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away,…30For the children of Judah have done evil in my…31And they have built the high places of Tophet, which…32Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it…33And the carcases of this people shall be meat for…34Then will I cause to cease from the cities of…