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New Testament
Jeremiah 17
The Sin of Judah
171Judah's sin is written with an iron stylus.
and on the horns of their altars.
beside every green tree on the high hills,
3and on the mountains in the countryside.
I will turn all your wealth into plunder
because of the sin you committed on the high places
throughout all your territory.
4You will lose your inheritance that I gave you,
and I will make you serve your enemies in a land you do not know.
You have started a fire in my anger that will burn forever.
Curses and Blessings
5This is what the Lord says.
Cursed is anyone who trusts in mankind,
who seeks his strength from human flesh,
and who turns his heart away from the Lord.
6He will be like a juniper bush in the wasteland.
He will not see good things when they come.
He lives in a dry place in the wilderness,
in a salty land where no one lives.
7But blessed is anyone who trusts in the Lord,
whose confidence is in him.
8He will be like a tree planted by water.
It sends out its roots to the stream.
It does not fear the heat when it comes.
Its leaves will remain green.
It is not concerned about a time of drought.
It does not stop producing fruit.
The Deceitful Heart
9The heart is more deceitful than anything.
It is beyond cure.
Who can understand it?
10I, the Lord, am the one who searches the heart
and examines the mind,
to reward a man according to what he has done,
according to what his deeds deserve.
11Those who accumulate a fortune unjustly
are like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay.
Midway through life their fortune will be lost,
and in the end they will be exposed as fools.
12The place of our sanctuary is a glorious throne,
exalted from the beginning.
13You are the hope of Israel, Lord.
All who forsake you will be put to shame.
because they have forsaken the Lord, the spring of living water.
14Heal me, Lord, and I will be healed.
Save me, and I will be saved,
for you are the one I praise.
15They say to me,
“Where is the word of the Lord? Let it come!”
nor have I wanted to bring the day of incurable pain.
You are aware of everything that comes out of my lips.
It is not hidden from you.
17Do not be a terror to me.
You are my refuge in the day of disaster.
18Let my persecutors be put to shame,
but do not let me be put to shame.
Let them be terrified,
but do not let me be terrified.
Bring on them the day of disaster
and destroy them with double destruction.
Keep the Sabbath Day Holy
19This is what the Lord told me.
Go and stand at the Gate of the People, through which the kings of Judah enter and leave, and in all the gates of Jerusalem. 20Tell them this message.
Hear the word of the Lord, you kings of Judah, all of Judah, and all who live in Jerusalem, and all who enter by these gates.
21This is what the Lord says. Protect your lives. Do not carry a load of things on the Sabbath day or bring it through the gates of Jerusalem. 22Do not carry a load out of your houses on the Sabbath day. Do not do any work, but keep the Sabbath day holy as I commanded your fathers.
23But they did not listen or pay attention. They became stiff-necked so that they would not hear or receive instruction.
24However, if you listen carefully to me, declares the Lord, and if you do not carry any load through the gates of the city on the Sabbath day, but you instead keep the Sabbath day holy and do not do any work, 25then kings who sit on David's throne and their officials will enter in through the gates of this city, riding in chariots and on horses, with the men of Judah, and those who live in Jerusalem. They will live in this city forever. 26They will come from the cities of Judah, from the places around Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin, from the Shephelah,[] from the hill country, and from the Negev.[] They will bring burnt offerings, sacrifices, fellowship offerings,[] incense, and thank offerings to the House of the Lord. 27But if you will not listen to me and do not keep the Sabbath day holy, and you enter the gates of Jerusalem carrying a load on the Sabbath day, then I will set fire to its gates. I will burn the public buildings of Jerusalem, and the fire will not be put out.
Footnotes
- 17:1 Or flint
- 17:2 Wooden poles were set up to worship the Canaanite fertility goddess Asherah.
- 17:13 You is the reading of the Greek. The Hebrew reads me. This reading would require a change of speakers to the Lord.
- 17:16 Some ancient versions read this line as a parallel to the following line: I have not run after you for the sake of disaster.
- 17:26 The western foothills of Judah
- 17:26 The arid region south of Judah
- 17:26 Traditionally peace offerings