Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these.
The temple of the Lord ... are these. The Jews falsely thought that because their temple had been chosen by Yahweh as His special dwelling, it could never be destroyed. Precisely similar was the feeling of Israel (1 Samuel 4:3-4), that the mere presence of the ark among them, though escorted by the wicked Hophni and Phinehas, would save them, without repentance and obedience, from their enemies. Men think that ceremonial observances will supersede the need of holiness (Isaiah 48:2; Micah 3:11). The triple repetition of "The temple of Yahweh" expresses the intense confidence of the Jews (see Jeremiah 22:29, "O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the Lord;" Isaiah 6:3, "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts").
These - the temple buildings, which the prophet points to with his finger (Jeremiah 7:2. "this place").