The Book of Jeremiah
17: 1The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a
diamond: it is graven upon the tablet of their heart, and upon the horns of your
altars; 17:2whilst their children remember their altars and their Asherim by the green
trees upon the high hills. 17:3O my mountain in the field, I will give thy substance
and all thy treasures for a spoil, and thy high places, because of sin, throughout all
thy borders. 17:4And thou, even of thyself, shalt discontinue from thy heritage that I
gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land which thou
knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger which shall burn for ever.
17:5Thus saith Jehovah: Cursed is the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his
arm, and whose heart departeth from Jehovah. 17:6For he shall be like the heath in
the desert, and shall not see when good cometh, but shall inhabit the parched
places in the wilderness, a salt land and not inhabited. 17:7Blessed is the man that
trusteth in Jehovah, and whose trust Jehovah is. 17:8For he shall be as a tree planted
by the waters, that spreadeth out its roots by the river, and shall not fear when
heat cometh, but its leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of
drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit. 17:9The heart is deceitful above all
things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it? 17:10I, Jehovah, search the
mind, I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to
the fruit of his doings. 17:11As the partridge that sitteth on eggs which she hath not
laid, so is he that getteth riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days they
shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool. 17:12A glorious throne, set on high
from the beginning, is the place of our sanctuary. 17:13O Jehovah, the hope of Israel,
all that forsake thee shall be put to shame. They that depart from me shall be
written in the earth, because they have forsaken Jehovah, the fountain of living
waters. 17:14Heal me, O Jehovah, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be
saved: for thou art my praise. 17:15Behold, they say unto me, Where is the word of
Jehovah? let it come now. 17:16As for me, I have not hastened from being a
shepherd after thee; neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that
which came out of my lips was before thy face. 17:17Be not a terror unto me: thou
art my refuge in the day of evil. 17:18Let them be put to shame that persecute me,
but let not me be put to shame; let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed;
bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.
17:19Thus said Jehovah unto me: Go, and stand in the gate of the children of the
people, whereby the kings of Judah come in, and by which they go out, and in all
the gates of Jerusalem; 17:20and say unto them, Hear ye the word of Jehovah, ye
kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by
these gates: 17:21Thus saith Jehovah, Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden
on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem; 17:22neither carry forth
a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do ye any work: but
hallow ye the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers. 17:23But they hearkened
not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear,
and might not receive instruction. 17:24And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently
hearken unto me, saith Jehovah, to bring in no burden through the gates of this
city on the sabbath day, but to hallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein;
17:25then shall there enter in by the gates of this city kings and princes sitting upon
the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they, and their princes, the
men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and this city shall remain for
ever. 17:26And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places round
about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the lowland, and from
the hill-country, and from the South, bringing burnt-offerings, and sacrifices, and
meal-offerings, and frankincense, and bringing sacrifices of thanksgiving, unto
the house of Jehovah. 17:27But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath
day, and not to bear a burden and enter in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath
day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of
Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.