Holy Scripture
Jeremiah 7:10
A church father on this verse
“(Verse 8 and following) Behold, you trust in yourselves with words of falsehood (or lies) which have not benefited you. To steal, to kill, to commit adultery, to swear falsely, to offer sacrifices to Baal, and to follow foreign gods that you do not know. And you have come and stood before me in this house, in which my…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
10so that it is evil with you; yet have ye come, and stood before me in the house, whereon my name is called, and ye have said, We have refrained from doing all these abominations.
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8But whereas ye have trusted in lying words, whereby ye shall not be profited;
9and ye murder, and commit adultery, and steal, and swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal, and are gone after strange gods whom ye know not,
— Jeremiah 7:10 —
11Is my house, whereon my name is called, a den of robbers in your eyes? And, behold, I have seen it, saith the Lord.
12For go ye to my place which is in Shiloh, where I caused my name to dwell before, and see what I did to it because of the wickedness of my people Israel.