12. Go to Shiloh, the first place where I chose to be worshipped, and see what I did to it because of the sins of my people Israel.
13. You have committed all these sins, and even though I spoke to you over and over again, you refused to listen. You would not answer when I called you.
14. And so, what I did to Shiloh I will do to this Temple of mine, in which you trust. Here in this place that I gave to your ancestors and to you, I will do the same thing that I did to Shiloh.
15. I will drive you out of my sight as I drove out your relatives, the people of Israel. I, the Lord, have spoken.”
16. The Lord said, “Jeremiah, do not pray for these people. Do not cry or pray on their behalf; do not plead with me, for 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. The children gather firewood, the men build fires, and the women mix dough to bake cakes for the goddess they call the Queen of Heaven. They also pour out wine offerings to other gods, in order to hurt me.
19. But am I really the one they are hurting? No, they are hurting themselves and bringing shame on themselves.
20. And so I, the Sovereign Lord, will pour out my fierce anger on this Temple. I will pour it out on people and animals alike, and even on the trees and the crops. My anger will be like a fire that no one can put out.
21. “My people, some sacrifices you burn completely on the altar, and some you are permitted to eat. But what I, the Lord, say is that you might as well eat them all.
22. I gave your ancestors no commands about burnt offerings or any other kinds of sacrifices, when I brought them out of Egypt.
23. But I did command them to obey me, so that I would be their God and they would be my people. And I told them to live as I had commanded them, so that things would go well for them.
24. But they did not obey or pay any attention. Instead, they did whatever their stubborn and evil hearts told them to do, and they became worse instead of better.
25. From the day that your ancestors came out of Egypt until this very day, I have kept on sending my servants, the prophets, to you.