Jeremiah:17

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* The sin of Judah [is ] (note :)The remembrance of their contempt of God cannot pass , although for a time he defers the punishment , for it will be revealed to men and angels .(:note ) written with a pen of iron , [and ] with the point of a diamond : [it is ] graven upon the Instead of the law of God , they have written idolatry and all abomination in their heart . tablet of their heart , and upon the horns of your Your sins appear in all the altars that you have erected to idols . altars ; * * * And thou , even (note :)Because you would not give the land rest , at such times , days and years as I appointed , you will after this be carried away and it will rest for lack of labourers .(:note ) thyself , shall discontinue from thy heritage that I gave thee ; and I will cause thee to serve thy enemies in the land which thou knowest not : for ye have kindled a fire in my anger , [which ] shall burn for ever . * Thus saith the LORD ; (note :)The Jews were given to worldly policies and thought to make themselves strong by the friendship of the Egyptians , ( Isa_31:3 ) and strangers and in the mean time did not depend on God , and therefore he denounces God 's plagues against them , showing that they prefer corruptible man to God , who is immortal , ( Isa_2:22 ; Jer_48:6-7 ).(:note ) Cursed [be ] the man that trusteth in man , and maketh flesh his arm , and whose heart departeth from the LORD . * For he shall be like the heath in the wildernesse , and shall not see when any good commeth , but shall inhabite the parched places in the wildernesse , in a salt land , and not inhabited . * Blessed be the man , that trusteth in ye Lord , and whose hope the Lord is . * * * I the Lord search the heart , and try ye reines , euen to giue euery man according to his wayes , and according to the fruite of his workes . * * A glorious (note :)Showing that the godly ought to glory in nothing , but in God who exalts his , and has left a sign of his favour in his temple .(:note ) high throne from the beginning [is ] the place of our sanctuary . * O LORD , the hope of Israel , all that forsake thee shall be ashamed , [and ] they that depart from me shall be written (note :)Their names will not be registered in the book of life .(:note ) in the earth , because they have forsaken the LORD , the fountain of living waters . * Heal me , O LORD , and I shall be healed ; (note :)He desires God to preserve him that he fall not into temptation , considering the great contempt of God 's word , and the multitude that fall from God .(:note ) save me , and I shall be saved : for thou [art ] my praise . * Behold , (note :)The wicked say that my prophecy will not come to pass , because you deferred the time of your vengeance .(:note ) they say to me , Where [is ] the word of the LORD ? let it come now . * As for me , (note :)I am assured of my calling , and therefore know that the thing which you speak by me will come to pass , and that I speak not of any worldly affection .(:note ) I have not hastened from [being ] a shepherd to follow thee : neither have I desired the woeful day ; thou knowest : that which was uttered by my lips was [right ] before thee . * Be not (note :)However the wicked deal rigorously with me , yet let me find comfort in you .(:note ) a terror to me : thou [art ] my hope in the day of evil . * 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 , (note :)Read ( Jer_11:20 ).(:note ) and destroy them with double destruction . * Thus said the LORD to me ; Go and stand in the (note :)While your doctrine may best be understood both by high and low .(:note ) gate of the children of the people , by which the kings of Judah come in , and by which they go out , and in all the gates of Jerusalem ; * And say vnto them , Heare the word of the Lord , ye Kings of Iudah , and al Iudah , and all the inhabitants of Ierusale , that enter in by these gates . * Thus saith the LORD ; Take heed to yourselves , and bear no burden on the (note :)By naming the Sabbath day , he comprehends the thing that is signified by it , for if they transgressed in the ceremony , they must be guilty of the rest , read ( Exo_20:8 ) and by the breaking of this one commandment , he makes them transgressors of the whole law , as the first and second table are contained in it .(:note ) sabbath day , nor bring [it ] in by the gates of Jerusalem ; * Neither cary foorth burdens out of your houses in the Sabbath day : neither doe yee any worke , but sanctifie the Sabbath , as I commanded your fathers . * But they obeied not , neither inclined their eares , but made their neckes stiffe and would not heare , nor receiue correction . * Neuerthelesse if ye will heare me , sayth the Lorde , and beare no burden through the gates of the citie in the Sabbath day , but sanctifie ye Sabbath day , so that ye do no worke therein , * Then shall the Kings and the princes enter in at the gates of this citie , and shal sit vpon the throne of Dauid , and shall ride vpon charets , and vpon horses , both they and their princes , the men of Iudah , and the inhabitants of Ierusalem : and this citie shall remaine for euer . * And they shall come from the cities of Iudah , and from about Ierusalem , and from the land of Beniamin , and from the plaine , and from the mountaines , and fro the South , which shall bring burnt offrings , and sacrifices , and meate offrings , and incense , and shall bring sacrifice of prayse into the house of the Lord . * But if ye will not heare me to sanctifie the Sabbath day , and not to beare a burden nor to go through the gates of Ierusalem in the Sabbath day , then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof , and it shall deuoure the palaces of Ierusalem , and it shall not be quenched .

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