The wordthatcametoJeremiahfromthe LORD, saying, Standin the gateof the LORD's house, and proclaimtherethisword, and say, Hearthe wordof the LORD, all ye of Judah, that enterin at thesegatesto worshipthe LORD. Thussaiththe LORDof hosts, the Godof Israel, Amendyour waysand your doings, and I will cause you to dwellin thisplace. Trustye notinlyingwords, saying, The templeof the LORD, The templeof the LORD, The templeof the LORD, are these. Forifye throughly amendyour waysand your doings; ifye throughly executejudgmentbetweena manand his neighbor; If ye oppressnotthe stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shednotinnocentbloodin thisplace, neitherwalkafterothergodsto your hurt: Then will I cause you to dwellin thisplace, in the landthatI gaveto your fathers, foreverand ever. Behold, yetrustinlyingwords, that cannotprofit. Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swearfalsely, and burn incenseunto Baal, and walkafterothergodswhomye knownot; And comeand standbeforeme in thishouse, whichis calledbymy name, and say, We are delivered to doalltheseabominations? Is thishouse, whichis calledbymy name, becomea denof robbersin your eyes? Behold, evenIhave seen it , saiththe LORD. Butgoye nowuntomy placewhich was in Shiloh, whereI setmy nameat the first, and seewhatI didto it forthe wickednessof my peopleIsrael. And now, becauseye have donealltheseworks, saiththe LORD, and I spokeuntoyou, rising up earlyand speaking, but ye heardnot; and I calledyou, but ye answerednot; Therefore will I dounto this house, whichis calledbymy name, whereinyetrust, and unto the placewhichI gaveto you and to your fathers, asI have doneto Shiloh. And I will castyou out ofmy sight, asI have cast outallyour brethren, even the wholeseedof Ephraim. Therefore praynotthouforthispeople, neitherlift upcrynor prayerforthem, neithermake intercessionto me: forI will nothearthee. Seestthou notwhattheydoin the citiesof Judahand in the streetsof Jerusalem? The childrengatherwood, and the fatherskindlethe fire, and the womenknead their dough, to makecakesto the queenof heaven, and to pour outdrink offeringsunto othergods, thatthey may provoke me to anger. Do theyprovoke me to anger? saiththe LORD: do they not provoke themselves tothe confusionof their own faces? Thereforethussaiththe LordGOD; Behold, mine angerand my furyshall be poured outuponthisplace, uponman, and uponbeast, and uponthe treesof the field, and uponthe fruitof the ground; and it shall burn, and shall notbe quenched. Thussaiththe LORDof hosts, the Godof Israel; Putyour burnt offeringsuntoyour sacrifices, and eatflesh. ForI spokenotunto your fathers, norcommandedthem in the daythat I broughtthem out of the landof Egypt, concerningburnt offeringsor sacrifices: ButthisthingcommandedI them, saying, Obeymy voice, and I will beyour God, and yeshall bemy people: and walkye in allthe waysthatI have commandedyou, thatit may be wellunto you. But they hearkenednot, norinclinedtheir ear, but walkedin the counsels and in the imaginationof their evilheart, and wentbackward, and notforward. Sincethe daythatyour fatherscame forthout of the landof EgyptuntothisdayI have even sentuntoyou allmy servantsthe prophets, dailyrising up earlyand sending them : Yet they hearkenednotuntome, norinclinedtheir ear, but hardenedtheir neck: they did worsethan their fathers. Therefore thou shalt speakallthesewordsuntothem; but they will nothearkentothee: thou shalt also calluntothem; but they will notanswerthee. But thou shalt sayuntothem, This is a nationthatobeyethnotthe voiceof the LORDtheir God, norreceivethcorrection: truthis perished, and is cut offfrom their mouth. Cut offthine hair, O Jerusalem , and cast it away, and take upa lamentationonhigh places; forthe LORDhath rejectedand forsakenthe generationof his wrath. Forthe childrenof Judahhave doneevilin my sight, saiththe LORD: they have settheir abominationsin the housewhichis calledbymy name, to polluteit. And they have builtthe high placesof Tophet, which is in the valleyof the sonof Hinnom, to burntheir sonsand their daughtersin the fire; whichI commanded them not, neithercameit intomy heart. Therefore, behold, the dayscome, saiththe LORD, that it shall nomorebe calledTophet, nor the valleyof the sonof Hinnom, butthe valleyof slaughter: for they shall buryin Tophet, till there be noplace. And the carcassesof thispeopleshall bemeatfor the fowlsof the heaven, and for the beastsof the earth; and noneshall frighten them away. Then will I cause to ceasefrom the citiesof Judah, and from the streetsof Jerusalem, the voiceof mirth, and the voiceof gladness, the voiceof the bridegroom, and the voiceof the bride: forthe landshall bedesolate.