Jeremiah 7:3

7:3 The Lord God of Israel who rules over all ¹  says: Change the way you have been living and do what is right. ²  If you do, I will allow you to continue to live in this land. ³ 

Jeremiah 7:6

7:6 Stop oppressing foreigners who live in your land, children who have lost their fathers, and women who have lost their husbands. ⁴  Stop killing innocent people ⁵  in this land. Stop paying allegiance to ⁶  other gods. That will only bring about your ruin. ⁷ 

Jeremiah 22:12

22:12 For he will die in the country where they took him as a captive. He will never see this land again.” ⁸ 

Jeremiah 42:22

42:22 So now be very sure of this: You will die from war, starvation, or disease in the place where you want to go and live.”

¹ tn Heb “Yahweh of armies, the God Israel.”

² tn Or “Make good your ways and your actions.” J. Bright’s translation (“Reform the whole pattern of your conduct”; Jeremiah [AB], 52) is excellent.

³ tn Heb “place” but this might be misunderstood to refer to the temple.

⁴ tn Heb “Stop oppressing foreigner, orphan, and widow.”

⁵ tn Heb “Stop shedding innocent blood.”

⁶ tn Heb “going/following after.” See the translator’s note at 2:5 for an explanation of the idiom involved here.

⁷ tn Heb “going after other gods to your ruin.”

⁷ sn This prophecy was fulfilled according to 2 Kgs 23:34.