Chapter 17

The sin of Judah [is] written⁷ with a pen of iron, [and] with the point of a diamond: [it is] graven⁷ upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars;

Whilst their children remember² their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills.

O my mountain in the field, I will give⁴ thy substance [and] all thy treasures to the spoil, [and] thy high places for sin, throughout all thy borders.

And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue¹ from thine heritage that I gave¹ thee; and I will cause thee to serve⁵² thine enemies⁶ in the land which thou knowest¹ not: for ye have kindled¹ a fire in mine anger, [which] shall burn⁹³ for ever.

Thus saith¹ the LORD; Cursed⁷ [be] the man that trusteth⁴ in man, and maketh¹ flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth⁴ from the LORD.

For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see⁴ when good cometh;⁴ but shall inhabit¹ the parched places in the wilderness, [in] a salt land and not inhabited.⁴

Blessed⁷ [is] the man that trusteth⁴ in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.

For he shall be as a tree planted⁷ by the waters, and [that] spreadeth¹⁷ out her roots by the river, and shall not see⁴ when heat cometh,⁴ but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful⁴ in the year of drought, neither shall cease⁵⁵ from yielding² fruit.

The heart [is] deceitful above all [things], and desperately wicked:⁷ who can know⁴ it?

I the LORD search⁶ the heart, [I] try⁶ the reins, even to give² every man according to his ways, [and] according to the fruit of his doings.

[As] the partridge sitteth¹ [on eggs], and hatcheth¹ [them] not; [so] he that getteth⁶ riches, and not by right, shall leave⁴ them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.

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

O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake⁶ thee shall be ashamed,⁴ [and] they that depart^{7 3249} from me shall be written¹¹ in the earth, because they have forsaken¹ the LORD, the fountain of living waters.

Heal³ me, O LORD, and I shall be healed;¹¹ save⁵⁴ me, and I shall be saved:¹¹ for thou [art] my praise.

Behold, they say⁶ unto me, Where [is] the word of the LORD? let it come⁴ now.

As for me, I have not hastened¹ from [being] a pastor⁶ to follow thee: neither have I desired⁹⁸ the woeful⁷ day; thou knowest:¹ that which came out of my lips was [right] before thee.

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

Let them be confounded⁴ that persecute⁶ me, but let not me be confounded:⁴ let them be dismayed,¹¹ but let not me be dismayed:¹¹ bring⁵³ upon them the day of evil, and destroy³ them with double destruction.

Thus said¹ the LORD unto me; Go² and stand¹ in the gate of the children of the people, whereby the kings of Judah come in,⁴ and by the which they go out,⁴ and in all the gates of Jerusalem;

And say¹ unto them, Hear³ ye the word of the LORD, ye kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants⁶ of Jerusalem, that enter in⁶ by these gates:

Thus saith¹ the LORD; Take heed¹⁰ to yourselves, and bear⁴ no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring [it] in⁵² by the gates of Jerusalem;

Neither carry forth⁵⁵ a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do⁴ ye any work, but hallow¹⁴ ye the sabbath day, as I commanded¹⁴ your fathers.

But they obeyed¹ not, neither inclined⁵² their ear, but made their neck stiff,⁵⁵ that they might not hear,² nor receive² instruction.

And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently² hearken⁴ unto me, saith⁷ the LORD, to bring in⁵³ no burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath day, but hallow¹⁵ the sabbath day, to do² no work therein;

Then shall there enter¹ into the gates of this city kings and princes sitting⁶ upon the throne of David, riding⁶ in chariots and on horses, they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants⁶ of Jerusalem: and this city shall remain¹ for ever.

And they shall come¹ 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, bringing⁵⁶ burnt offerings, and sacrifices, and meat offerings, and incense, and bringing⁵⁶ sacrifices of praise, unto the house of the LORD.

But if ye will not hearken⁴ unto me to hallow¹⁵ the sabbath day, and not to bear² a burden, even entering in² at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle⁵² a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour¹ the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.⁴