²⁰ Giê-rê-mi bàn nói cùng cả dân sự, đờn ông, đờn bà, và mọi kẻ đã trả lời cho người như vậy, rằng:

¹ Có lời truyền cho Giê-rê-mi về hết thảy người Giu-đa ở trong đất Ê-díp-tô, tại Mít-đôn, Tác-pha-nết, Nốp, và trong xứ Pha-trốt, rằng:

¹⁶ "Woe to you, you blind guides, who say, 'Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obligated.'

¹⁷ You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold?

¹⁸ 'Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obligated?'

¹⁹ You blind fools! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?

²⁰ He therefore who swears by the altar, swears by it, and by everything on it.

²¹ He who swears by the temple, swears by it, and by him who was living in it.

²² He who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits on it.