Jer 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;
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whilst their children remember their altars and their Asherim by the green trees upon
the high hills.
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O my mountain in the field, I will give your substance and all your treasures for
a spoil, [and] your high places, because of sin, throughout all your borders.
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And you, even of yourself, shall discontinue from your heritage that I gave you; and
I will cause you to serve your enemies in the land which you know not: for you have
kindled a fire in mine anger which shall burn for ever.
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Thus says YHWH: Cursed is the man that trusts in man, and makes flesh his arm, and
whose heart departs from YHWH.
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For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good comes, but
shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, a salt land and not inhabited.
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Blessed is the man that trusts in YHWH, and whose trust YHWH is.
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For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, that spreads out its roots by the
river, and shall not fear when heat comes, but its leaf shall be green; and shall
not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
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The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know
it?
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I, YHWH, search the mind, I try the heart, even to give every man according to his
ways, according to the fruit of his doings.
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As the partridge that sits on [eggs] which she has not laid, so is he who gets riches,
and not by right; in the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he
shall be a fool.
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A glorious throne, [set] on high from the beginning, is the place of our sanctuary.
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O YHWH, the hope of Israel, all that forsake you shall be put to shame. They that
depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken YHWH, the
fountain of living waters.
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Heal me, O YHWH, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for you are
my praise.
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Behold, they say to me, Where is the word of YHWH? let it come now.
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As for me, I have not hastened from being a shepherd after you; neither have I desired
the woeful day; you know: that which came out of my lips was before your face.
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Be not a terror to me: you are my refuge in the day of evil.
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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 destroy
them with double destruction.
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Thus said YHWH to 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;
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and say to them, Hear you the word of YHWH, you kings of Judah, and all Judah, and
all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates:
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Thus says YHWH, Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor
bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem;
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neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do you
any work: but hallow you the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers.
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But they hearkened not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that
they might not hear, and might not receive instruction.
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And it shall come to pass, if you diligently hearken to me, says YHWH, 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;
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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 remain for ever.
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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, to the house of YHWH.
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But if you will not hearken to 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 its gates, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not
be quenched.