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Title: Old Testament, The
Book: Jeremiah
Author: Various
Date: 1885
Chapter 17
The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a
diamond: it is graven upon the tablet of their heart, and upon the horns of ^4
your altars; whilst their children remember their altars and their Asherim by
the green trees upon the high hills. O 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. And thou, even of thyself, shalt
discontinue from thy heritage that I give 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.
[Footnote 4: Another reading is, their.]
Thus saith Jehovah: Cursed is the man that trusteth in man, and maketh
flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from Jehovah. For he shall be like
^1 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.
Blessed is the man that trusteth in Jehovah, and whose trust Jehovah is. For
he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, that spreadeth out its roots by
the river, and shall not ^2 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.
[Footnote 1: Or, a tamarisk]
[Footnote 2: According to another reading, see.]
The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt:
who can know it? I, Jehovah, search the mind, I try the ^3 heart, even to
give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings. As
the partridge ^4 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 ^5 they shall leave
him, and at his end he shall be a fool.
[Footnote 3: Heb. reins.]
[Footnote 4: Or, gathereth young which she hath not brought forth]
[Footnote 5: Or, he shall leave them]
A glorious throne, set on high from the beginning, is the place of our
sanctuary. O 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. Heal me, O
Jehovah, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my
praise. Behold, they say unto me, Where is the word of Jehovah? let it come
now. As for me, I have not hastened from being a shepherd after thee; neither
have I desired ^6 the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips
was before thy face. Be not a terror unto me: thou art my refuge in the day
of evil. Let 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 ^7 destroy them with double destruction.
[Footnote 6: Some ancient versions read, the judgment day of man.]
[Footnote 7: Heb. break them with a double breach.]
Thus said Jehovah unto me: Go, and stand in the gate of ^8 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; and 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: Thus saith Jehovah, Take heed ^9 to
yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the
gates of Jerusalem; 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. But they hearkened not, neither inclined their ear,
but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, and might not receive
instruction.
[Footnote 8: Or, the common people See ch. 26. 23.]
[Footnote 9: Or, for your life's sake]
And 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, sabbath day, to do no work therein; then
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 ^1 remain for ever. And 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. But 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.
[Footnote 1: Or, be inhabited]