The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from King James Bible: that enter in by these gates:
JER 22:3 Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness,
and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no
wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow,
neither shed innocent blood in this place.
JER 22:4 For if ye do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by
the gates of this house kings sitting upon the throne of David, riding
in chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people.
JER 22:5 But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith
the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation.
JER 22:6 For thus saith the LORD unto the king's house of Judah; Thou
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