Jeremiah 17
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 * .
