Holy Scripture
Jeremiah 7:8
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
8But whereas ye have trusted in lying words, whereby ye shall not be profited;
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In context
6and oppress not the stranger, and the orphan, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, and go not after strange gods to your hurt:
7then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land which I gave to your fathers of old and forever.
— Jeremiah 7:8 —
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,
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.