17Jeremiah 17

1The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, andwith the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the tablet of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars;Select Jeremiah 17:1

2whilst their children remember their altars and their Asherim by the green trees upon the high hills.Select Jeremiah 17:2

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.Select Jeremiah 17:3

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.Select Jeremiah 17:4

5Thus saith Jehovah: Cursed is the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from Jehovah.Select Jeremiah 17:5

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.Select Jeremiah 17:6

7Blessed is the man that trusteth in Jehovah, and whose trust Jehovah is.Select Jeremiah 17:7

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.Select Jeremiah 17:8

9The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it?Select Jeremiah 17:9

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.Select Jeremiah 17:10

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.Select Jeremiah 17:11

12A glorious throne, seton high from the beginning, is the place of our sanctuary.Select Jeremiah 17:12

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.Select Jeremiah 17:13

14Heal me, O Jehovah, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.Select Jeremiah 17:14

15Behold, they say unto me, Where is the word of Jehovah? let it come now.Select Jeremiah 17:15

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.Select Jeremiah 17:16

17Be not a terror unto me: thou art my refuge in the day of evil.Select Jeremiah 17:17

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.Select Jeremiah 17:18

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;Select Jeremiah 17:19

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:Select Jeremiah 17:20

21Thus saith Jehovah, Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem;Select Jeremiah 17:21

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.Select Jeremiah 17:22

23But they hearkened not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, and might not receive instruction.Select Jeremiah 17:23

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;Select Jeremiah 17:24

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.Select Jeremiah 17:25

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.Select Jeremiah 17:26

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.Select Jeremiah 17:27