Holy Bible: Easy-To-Read Version

Jeremiah 7:4-9 Holy Bible: Easy-To-Read Version (ETR)

4. Don’t trust the lies that some people say. They say, “This is the Temple of the Lord, the Temple of the Lord, the Temple of the Lord!”

5. If you change your lives and do good things, I will let you live in this place. You must be fair to each other.

6. You must be fair to strangers. You must help widows and orphans. Don’t kill innocent people! And don’t follow other gods, because they will only ruin your lives.

7. If you obey me, I will let you live in this place. I gave this land to your ancestors for them to keep forever.

8. “‘But you are trusting lies that are worthless.

9. Will you steal and murder? Will you commit adultery? Will you falsely accuse other people? Will you worship the false god Baal and follow other gods that you have not known?