7. " ' "If you obey me, I will let you live in this place. It is the land I gave your people who lived long ago. It was promised to them for ever and ever.
8. " ' "But look! You are trusting in worthless lies.
9. " ' "You continue to steal and commit murder. You commit adultery and tell lies. You burn incense to Baal. You worship other gods you have not known anything about before.
10. " ' "Then you come and stand in front of me. You keep coming to this house where I have put my Name. You say, 'We are safe.' You think you are safe when you do so many things I hate.
11. My Name is in this house. But you have made it a den for robbers! I have been watching you!" announces the Lord.
12. " ' "Go now to the town of Shiloh. Go to the place where I first made a home for my Name. See what I did to it because of the evil things my people Israel were doing.
13. " ' "I spoke to you again and again," announces the Lord. "I warned you while you were doing all of those things. But you did not listen. I called out to you. But you did not answer.
14. So what I did to Shiloh I will now do to the house where my Name is. It is the temple you trust in. It is the place I gave to you and your people of long ago.
15. " ' "But I will throw you out of my land. That is exactly what I did to the people of Ephraim. And they are your relatives." '
16. "Jeremiah, do not pray for those people. Do not make any appeal or request for them. Do not beg me. I will not listen to you.