Jeremiah:17

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* 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 your altars . * Like the symbols of their sons are their altars , and their Asherim are by the leafy trees , upon the high hills . * O thou that sittest upon the 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 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 My nostril , which shall burn for ever . * Thus saith the LORD : Cursed is the man that trusteth in man , and maketh flesh his arm , and whose heart departeth from the LORD . * For he shall be like a tamarisk 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 the LORD , and whose trust the LORD is . * For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters , and that spreadeth out its roots by the river , and shall not see when heat cometh , but its foliage shall be luxuriant ; and shall not be anxious in the year of drought , neither shall cease from yielding fruit . * The heart is deceitful above all things , and it is exceeding weak--who can know it ? * I the LORD search the heart , I try the reins , even to give every man according to his ways , according to the fruit of his doings . * As the partridge that broodeth over young which she hath not brought forth , so is he that getteth riches , and not by right ; in the midst of his days he shall leave them , and at his end he shall be a fool . * Thou throne of glory , on high from the beginning , thou place of our sanctuary , * Thou hope of Israel , the LORD ! All that forsake Thee shall be ashamed ; they that depart from Thee shall be written in the earth , because they have forsaken the LORD , the fountain of living waters . * Heal me , O LORD , 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 the LORD ? let it come now .' * As for me , I have not hastened from being a shepherd after Thee ; neither have I desired the woeful day ; Thou knowest it ; that which came out of my lips was manifest before Thee . * Be not a ruin unto me ; Thou art my refuge in the day of evil . * Let them be ashamed that persecute me , but let not me be ashamed ; Let them be dismayed , but let not me be dismayed ; Bring upon them the day of evil , and destroy them with double destruction . * 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 which they go out , and in all the gates of Jerusalem ; * 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 ; * thus saith the LORD : Take heed for the sake of your souls , 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 , nor receive instruction . * 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 to hallow the 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 be inhabited 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 mountains , and from the South , bringing burnt-offerings , and sacrifices , and meal-offerings , and frankincense , and bringing sacrifices of thanksgiving , unto the house of the LORD . * 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 .

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