3. This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: Change the way you live and act, and I will let you live in this place.
4. Do not trust the words of this saying, “This is the Lord’s temple, the Lord’s temple, the Lord’s temple!” It’s a lie.
5. “‘Suppose you really change the way you live and act and you really treat each other fairly.
6. Suppose you do not oppress foreigners, orphans, and widows, or kill anyone in this place. And suppose you do not follow other gods that lead you to your own destruction.
7. Then I will let you live in this place, in the land that I gave permanently to your ancestors long ago.
8. “‘You are trusting the words of a saying. It’s a lie that cannot help you.
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.