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
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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.