9. You steal, murder, commit adultery, lie when you take oaths, burn incense as an offering to Baal, and run after other gods that you do not know.
10. Then you stand in my presence in the house that is called by my name. You think that you’re safe to do all these disgusting things.
11. The house that is called by my name has become a gathering place for thieves. I have seen what you are doing,’” declares the Lord.
12. “‘But go to my place that was at Shiloh, where I first made a dwelling place for my name. See what I did to Shiloh because of the evil done by my people Israel.
13. You have done the same things the people did at Shiloh,’” declares the Lord. “‘Although I spoke to you again and again, you did not listen. When I called you, you did not answer.
14. So what I did to Shiloh I will now do to the house that is called by my name. This is the place I gave to you and to your ancestors, the place where you feel so safe.
15. I will force you out of my sight as I forced out all your relatives, all of Ephraim’s descendants.’
16. “Jeremiah, don’t pray for these people. Don’t cry or pray for them. Don’t plead with me, because I will not listen to you.
17. Don’t you see what they are doing in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
18. Children gather wood, fathers light fires, and women knead dough to make cakes for the queen of heaven. They pour out wine offerings to other gods in order to make me furious.
19. They aren’t really provoking me,” declares the Lord. “But they are ⌊harming⌋ themselves to their own shame.
20. “This is what the Almighty Lord says: My anger and fury will be poured out on this place, on humans and animals, and on trees and crops. My anger and fury will burn and not be put out.
21. “This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices, and eat the meat.
22. When I brought your ancestors out of Egypt, I did not tell them anything about burnt offerings and sacrifices.
23. But I did tell them this, ‘Obey me, and I will be your God, and you will be my people. Live the way I told you to live so that things will go well for you.’