¶ The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

Stand¹ in the gate of the LORD'S house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear² the word of the LORD, all ye of Judah, that enter³ in at these gates to worship the LORD.

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend⁴ your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.

Trust⁵ ye not in lying words, saying, The temple⁶ of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these.

For if⁷ ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly⁸ execute judgment between a man and his neighbour;

If ye oppress⁹ not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed¹⁰ not innocent blood in this place, neither walk¹¹ after other gods to your hurt:

Then will I¹² cause you to dwell in this place, in the land¹³ that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever.

Behold, ye trust¹⁴ in lying words, that cannot profit.

Will ye steal¹⁵, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn¹⁶ incense unto Baal, and walk¹⁷ after other gods whom ye know not;

¶ And come¹⁸ and stand before me in this house, which is called¹⁹ by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations?

Is this²⁰ house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even²¹ I have seen it, saith the LORD.

But go ye now unto my place²² which was in Shiloh, where²³ I set my name at the first, and see²⁴ what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.

And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the LORD, and I spake²⁵ unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called²⁶ you, but ye answered not;

Therefore will I do unto this house, which is called by my name, wherein²⁷ ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as²⁸ I have done to Shiloh.

And I will²⁹ cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your brethren, even the whole³⁰ seed of Ephraim.

¶ Therefore pray³¹ not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will³² not hear thee.

³³Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?

The children³⁴ gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven³⁵, and to pour³⁶ out drink offerings unto other gods, that they³⁷ may provoke me to anger.

Do they provoke³⁸ me to anger? saith the LORD: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion³⁹ of their own faces?

¶ Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold,⁴⁰ mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall⁴¹ not be quenched.

¶ Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Put⁴² your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh.

For I spake not unto your fathers, nor⁴³ commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings⁴⁴ or sacrifices:

But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey⁴⁵ my voice, and I⁴⁶ will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it⁴⁷ may be well unto you.

But they⁴⁸ hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked⁴⁹ in the counsels and in the imagination⁵⁰ of their evil heart, and went⁵¹ backward, and not forward.

Since the day⁵² that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day I have even sent⁵³ unto you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them:

Yet they hearkened⁵⁴ not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but⁵⁵ hardened their neck: they did⁵⁶ worse than their fathers.

Therefore thou shalt speak⁵⁷ all these words unto them; but they will not hearken⁵⁸ to thee: thou shalt also⁵⁹ call unto them; but they will not answer thee.

But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation that obeyeth not the voice of the LORD their God, nor⁶⁰ receiveth correction⁶¹: truth⁶² is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.

¶ Cut⁶³ off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take⁶⁴ up a lamentation on high places; for⁶⁵ the LORD hath rejected and forsaken the generation⁶⁶ of his wrath.

¶ For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith the LORD: they⁶⁷ have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to pollute it.

And they have built the high⁶⁸ places of Tophet, which is in the valley⁶⁹ of the son of Hinnom, to burn⁷⁰ their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I⁷¹ commanded them not, neither came it into⁷² my heart.

Therefore, behold, the days⁷³ come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of slaughter: for⁷⁴ they shall bury in Tophet, till there be no place.

⁷⁵And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray them away.

Then will I cause to cease⁷⁶ from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for⁷⁷ the land shall be desolate.