1The sin2403 of Judah3063 is written3789 with a pen5842 of iron1270, and with the point6856 of a diamond8068: it is graven2790 upon the table3871 of their heart3820, and upon the horns7161 of your altars4196;
2Whilst their children1121 remember2142 their altars4196 and their groves842 by the green7488 trees6086 upon the high1364 hills1389.
3O my mountain2042 in the field7704, I will give5414 thy substance2428 and all thy treasures214 to the spoil957, and thy high places1116 for sin2403, throughout all thy borders1366.
4And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue8058 from thine heritage5159 that I gave5414 thee; and I will cause thee to serve5647 thine enemies341 in the land776 which thou knowest3045 not: for ye have kindled6919 a fire784 in mine anger639, which shall burn3344 for5704 ever5769.
5Thus saith559 the LORD3068; Cursed779 be the man1397 that trusteth982 in man120, and maketh7760 flesh1320 his arm2220, and whose heart3820 departeth5493 from the LORD3068.
6For he shall be like the heath6199 in the desert6160, and shall not see7200 when good2896 cometh935; but shall inhabit7931 the parched places2788 in the wilderness4057, in a salt4420 land776 and not inhabited3427.
7Blessed1288 is the man1397 that trusteth982 in the LORD3068, and whose hope4009 the LORD3068 is.
8For he shall be as a tree6086 planted8362 by the waters4325, and that spreadeth out7971 her roots8328 by the river3105, and shall not see7200 when heat2527 cometh935, but her leaf5929 shall be green7488; and shall not be careful1672 in the year8141 of drought1226, neither shall cease4185 from yielding6213 fruit6529.
9The heart3820 is deceitful6121 above all things, and desperately wicked605: who can know3045 it?
10I the LORD3068 search2713 the heart3820, I try974 the reins3629, even to give5414 every man376 according to his ways1870, and according to the fruit6529 of his doings4611.
11As the partridge7124 sitteth1716 on eggs, and hatcheth3205 them not; so he that getteth6213 riches6239, and not by right4941, shall leave5800 them in the midst2677 of his days3117, and at his end319 shall be a fool5036.
12A glorious3519 high4791 throne3678 from the beginning7223 is the place4725 of our sanctuary4720.
13O LORD3068, the hope4723 of Israel3478, all that forsake5800 thee shall be ashamed954, and they that depart3249 from me5493 shall be written3789 in the earth776, because they have forsaken5800 the LORD3068, the fountain4726 of living2416 waters4325.
14Heal7495 me, O LORD3068, and I shall be healed7495; save3467 me, and I shall be saved3467: for thou art my praise8416.
15Behold, they say559 unto me, Where is the word1697 of the LORD3068? let it come935 now.
16As for me, I have not hastened213 from being a pastor7462 to follow310 thee: neither have I desired183 the woeful605 day3117; thou knowest3045: that which came out4161 of my lips8193 was right before5227 thee6440.
17Be not a terror4288 unto me: thou art my hope4268 in the day3117 of evil7451.
18Let them be confounded954 that persecute7291 me, but let not me be confounded954: let them be dismayed2865, but let not me be dismayed2865: bring935 upon them the day3117 of evil7451, and destroy7665 them with double4932 destruction7670.
19Thus said559 the LORD3068 unto me; Go1980 and stand5975 in the gate8179 of the children1121 of the people5971, whereby the kings4428 of Judah3063 come in935, and by the which they go out3318, and in all the gates8179 of Jerusalem3389;
20And say559 unto them, Hear8085 ye the word1697 of the LORD3068, ye kings4428 of Judah3063, and all Judah3063, and all the inhabitants3427 of Jerusalem3389, that enter in935 by these gates8179:
21Thus saith559 the LORD3068; Take heed8104 to yourselves5315, and bear5375 no burden4853 on the sabbath7676 day3117, nor bring935 it in by the gates8179 of Jerusalem3389;
22Neither carry forth3318 a burden4853 out of your houses1004 on the sabbath7676 day3117, neither do6213 ye any work4399, but hallow6942 ye the sabbath7676 day3117, as I commanded6680 your fathers1.
23But they obeyed8085 not, neither inclined5186 their ear241, but made their neck6203 stiff7185, that they might not hear8085, nor receive3947 instruction4148.
24And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently8085 hearken8085 unto me, saith5002 the LORD3068, to bring935 in no burden4853 through the gates8179 of this city5892 on the sabbath7676 day3117, but hallow6942 the sabbath7676 day3117, to do6213 no1115 work4399 therein;
25Then shall there enter935 into the gates8179 of this city5892 kings4428 and princes8269 sitting3427 upon the throne3678 of David1732, riding7392 in chariots7393 and on horses5483, they, and their princes8269, the men376 of Judah3063, and the inhabitants3427 of Jerusalem3389: and this city5892 shall remain3427 for ever5769.
26And they shall come935 from the cities5892 of Judah3063, and from the places about5439 Jerusalem3389, and from the land776 of Benjamin1144, and from the plain8219, and from the mountains2022, and from the south5045, bringing935 burnt offerings5930, and sacrifices2077, and meat offerings4503, and incense3828, and bringing935 sacrifices of praise8426, unto the house1004 of the LORD3068.
27But if ye will not hearken8085 unto me to hallow6942 the sabbath7676 day3117, and not to bear5375 a burden4853, even entering in935 at the gates8179 of Jerusalem3389 on the sabbath7676 day3117; then will I kindle3341 a fire784 in the gates8179 thereof, and it shall devour398 the palaces759 of Jerusalem3389, and it shall not be quenched3518.