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If you change how you live, I will let you live in this place. It is the land that I gave to your ancestors, to be their home for ever.

But look at how you live now! You believe in lies that cannot save you. You rob people. You murder people. You have sex with someone else's wife or husband. You tell lies in court when you have promised to tell the truth. You offer sacrifices to the false god, Baal. You serve other gods that you never knew before.

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then I will let you live in this place, in the land(A) I gave your ancestors(B) for ever and ever. But look, you are trusting(C) in deceptive(D) words that are worthless.

“‘Will you steal(E) and murder,(F) commit adultery(G) and perjury,[a](H) burn incense to Baal(I) and follow other gods(J) you have not known,

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 7:9 Or and swear by false gods