17 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.