Jeremiah 7:4

⁴אַל־תִּבְטְחוּ לָכֶם, אֶל־דִּבְרֵי הַשֶּׁקֶר לֵאמֹר; הֵיכַל יְהוָה הֵיכַל יְהוָה, הֵיכַל יְהוָה הֵמָּה׃

Jeremiah 7 records the prophet’s famous “Temple Sermon,” a blistering indictment of empty religion. God sends Jeremiah to the gate of the temple in Jerusalem to confront a people who trust in the building itself rather than the God who dwells there. They chant “The temple of the