Jeremiah 17

1 “The sin of Judah is written with an iron stylus, engraved with a diamond point on the tablets of their hearts and on the horns of their altars.

2 Even their children remember their altars and Asherah poles by the green trees and on the high hills.

3 O My mountain in the countryside, I will give over your wealth and all your treasures as plunder, because of the sin of your high places, within all your borders.

4 And you yourself will relinquish the inheritance that I gave you. I will enslave you to your enemies in a land that you do not know, for you have kindled My anger; it will burn forever.”

5 This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes mere flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.

6 He will be like a shrub in the desert; he will not see when prosperity comes. He will dwell in the parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one lives.

7 But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in Him.

8 He is like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are always green. It does not worry in a year of drought, nor does it cease to produce fruit.

9 The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?

10 I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.

11 Like a partridge hatching eggs it did not lay is the man who makes a fortune unjustly. In the middle of his days his riches will desert him, and in the end he will be the fool.”

12 A glorious throne, exalted from the beginning, is the place of our sanctuary.

13 O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who abandon You will be put to shame. All who turn away will be written in the dust, for they have abandoned the LORD, the fountain of living water.

14 Heal me, O LORD, and I will be healed; save me, and I will be saved, for You are my praise.

15 Behold, they keep saying to me, “Where is the word of the LORD? Let it come now!”

16 But I have not run away from being Your shepherd; I have not desired the day of despair. You know that the utterance of my lips was spoken in Your presence.

17 Do not become a terror to me; You are my refuge in the day of disaster.

18 Let my persecutors be put to shame, but do not let me be put to shame. Let them be terrified, but do not let me be terrified. Bring upon them the day of disaster and shatter them with double destruction.

19 This is what the LORD said to me: “Go and stand at the gate of the people, through which the kings of Judah go in and out; and stand at all the other gates of Jerusalem.

20 Say to them, ‘Hear the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah, all people of Judah and Jerusalem who enter through these gates.

21 This is what the LORD says: Take heed for yourselves; do not carry a load or bring it through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day.

22 You must not carry a load out of your houses or do any work on the Sabbath day, but you must keep the Sabbath day holy, just as I commanded your forefathers.

23 Yet they would not listen or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and would not listen or receive My discipline.

24 If, however, you listen carefully to Me, says the LORD, and bring no load through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, and keep the Sabbath day holy, and do no work on it,

25 then kings and princes will enter through the gates of this city. They will sit on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses with their officials, along with the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem, and this city will be inhabited forever.

26 And people will come from the cities of Judah and the places around Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin, and from the foothills, the hill country, and the Negev, bringing burnt offerings and sacrifices, grain offerings and frankincense, and thank offerings to the house of the LORD.

27 But if you do not listen to Me to keep the Sabbath day holy by not carrying a load while entering the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle an unquenchable fire in its gates to consume the citadels of Jerusalem.’”

1 ¶ The sin of Judah [is] written with a pen of iron, [and] with the point of a diamond: [it is] graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars;

2 Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills.

3 O my mountain in the field, I will give thy substance [and] all thy treasures to the spoil, [and] thy high places for sin, throughout all thy borders.

4 And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine 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.

5 ¶ Thus saith the LORD; Cursed [be] the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.

6 For 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, [in] a salt land and not inhabited.

7 Blessed [is] the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.

8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and [that] spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.

9 The heart [is] deceitful above all [things], and desperately wicked: who can know it?

10 I the LORD search the heart, [I] try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, [and] according to the fruit of his doings.

11 [As] the partridge sitteth [on eggs], and hatcheth [them] not; [so] he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.

12 ¶ A glorious high throne from the beginning [is] the place of our sanctuary.

13 O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, [and] they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.

14 Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou [art] my praise.

15 Behold, they say unto me, Where [is] the word of the LORD? let it come now.

16 As for me, I have not hastened from [being] a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was [right] before thee.

17 Be not a terror unto me: thou [art] my hope in the day of evil.

18 Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.

19 ¶ Thus said the LORD unto me; Go and stand in the gate of the children of the people, whereby the kings of Judah come in, and by the which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem;

20 And say unto them, Hear ye the word of the LORD, ye kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates:

21 Thus saith the LORD; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring [it] in by the gates of Jerusalem;

22 Neither 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.

23 But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.

24 And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me, saith the LORD, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath day, but hallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein;

25 Then shall there enter into 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.

26 And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the plain, and from the mountains, and from the south, bringing burnt offerings, and sacrifices, and meat offerings, and incense, and bringing sacrifices of praise, unto the house of the LORD.

27 But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering 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.

1 The sin of Judah is written with styluses of iron, and with pointed demonds, and graven upon the tablet of their heart, and upon the horns of their altars,

2 And their children shall remember the same altars and groves among the green trees in the high mountains.

3 But I will give both thy high places, on mountains and in fields, with thy substance, and all thy treasures, into the river of rapine, because of sin committed within all thy borders.

4 And thou shalt be cast out of thine inheritance which I have given thee, and I will make thee servants of thine enemies in a land which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire of mine anger, which shall burn for ever.

5 Thus saith the LORD; Cursed is the man that trusteth in man, and keepeth flesh for his arm, and departeth from the LORD with his heart.

6 He shall be as the heathen in the wilderness, and shall not see the consolation that is to come; but shall abide in drought, in desolation, in a barren land, where no man dwelleth.

7 But blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and the LORD is his confidence.

8 He is planted like a tree by the waters, and rooted by the brook. For though a heat cometh, yet it feareth not, but the leaf thereof remaineth green, and sorroweth not when a drought cometh, but bringeth forth fruit without ceasing.

9 The heart is a stout and timorous thing: who can search it out?

10 I the LORD am able to search the heart, and to try the kidneys: and I give unto every man according to his doings, according to the fruits of his works.

11 For as a bird that sitteth over eggs, and hatcheth them not, so is he that gathereth unrighteous goods: for he is made to eat them, when he esteemeth them least, and is made a mockery of them at the last.

12 But the place of our sanctuary, which is the throne of the glory of God, is established for ever.

13 For, O LORD, thou art the hope of Israel. All they that forsake thee must be put to shame, and the apostates must be written in the earth: for they forsake the LORD, the fountain of living waters.

14 Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed: help me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my glory.

15 Behold, they say unto me, Where is the word of the LORD? Let us go, my beloved!

16 But I have not therefore fled from thee, my shepherd: I have not desired the days of men, thou knowest: that which I have preached is right in thy sight.

17 Be thou not terrible unto me, my confidence in trouble!

18 Let them be put to shame that persecute me, and me not; let them be dismayed, and me not; let the day of calamity come upon them, and break them in twain.

19 Thus saith the LORD unto me, Go and stand under the gate of the people, where the kings of Judah go in and out, and under all the gates of Jerusalem.

20 And say unto them: Hear the word of the LORD, ye kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, which come in at this gate.

21 Thus saith the LORD; Take heed, and bear no burden in the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day.

22 And bring no burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do ye any work: but hallow the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers.

23 But they will not hear, neither will they incline their ears; but they will be stiffnecked, that they may not hear me, nor be drawn away.

24 If ye will hear me, saith the LORD, that ye bear no burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath day, but keep it holy, that ye do no work on that day,

25 And through the gates of this city shall go out kings, and princes that sit on the throne of David, riding, and going, both in chariots, and on horses, they and their princes, and all that dwell in Judah and in Jerusalem: and this city shall be inhabited for ever.

26 And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from Jerusalem round about, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the valleys, and from the mountains, and from the south, bringing burnt offerings, and sacrifices, and meat offerings, and incense, unto the house of the LORD.

27 But if ye will not hearken unto me, to hallow the sabbath day, and to bear no burden in the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day, then will I kindle a fire under their gates, and it shall devour the houses of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.