¶ The sin of Judah is written¹ with a pen of iron, and with the point² of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon³ the horns of your altars;

Whilst their children⁴ remember their altars⁵ and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills.

O my⁶ mountain in the field, I will⁷ give thy substance and all thy treasures to the spoil, and thy⁸ high places for sin, throughout all thy borders.

And thou, even thyself,⁹ shalt discontinue from thine heritage that I gave thee; and I¹⁰ will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land which thou knowest not: for¹¹ ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, which shall burn for ever.

¶ Thus saith the LORD; Cursed¹² be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh¹³ his arm, and whose¹⁴ heart departeth from the LORD.

For he shall be like¹⁵ the heath in the desert, and shall¹⁶ not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt¹⁷ land and not inhabited.

¹⁸Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.

For he shall¹⁹ be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought²⁰, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.

²¹The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

¶ I the LORD²² search the heart, I try the reins, even²³ to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit²⁴ of his doings.

As the partridge sitteth²⁵ on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave²⁶ them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool²⁷.

¶²⁸A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary.

O LORD, the hope²⁹ of Israel, all that³⁰ forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that³¹ depart from me shall be written³² in the earth, because they have forsaken³³ the LORD, the fountain of living waters.

Heal³⁴ me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save³⁵ me, and I shall be saved: for thou³⁶ art my praise.

³⁷Behold, they say unto me, Where is the word of the LORD? let it come now.

As for me, I have³⁸ not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee:³⁹ neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that⁴⁰ which came out of my lips was right before thee.

Be not a terror⁴¹ unto me: thou⁴² art my hope in the day of evil.

Let them be confounded⁴³ that persecute me, but let not me be confounded⁴⁴: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day⁴⁵ of evil, and destroy them with double destruction⁴⁶.

¶⁴⁷Thus 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 the which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem;

¶⁴⁸And 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; Take⁴⁹ heed to yourselves, and bear⁵⁰ 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 do⁵¹ ye any work, but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers.

But they obeyed⁵² not, neither inclined their ear, but made⁵³ their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor⁵⁴ receive instruction.

And it shall come to pass, if⁵⁵ ye diligently hearken unto me, saith the LORD, to bring⁵⁶ in no burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath day, but hallow⁵⁷ the sabbath day, to do no work therein;

Then shall there⁵⁸ enter into the gates of this city kings and princes sitting⁵⁹ upon the throne of David, riding⁶⁰ in chariots and on horses, they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: and this⁶¹ city shall remain for ever.

And they shall come from the cities⁶² of Judah, and from the places about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the plain⁶³, and from the mountains, and from the south, bringing burnt⁶⁴ offerings, and sacrifices, and meat offerings, and incense, and bringing sacrifices of⁶⁵ praise, unto the house of the LORD.

But if ye will⁶⁶ not hearken unto me to hallow⁶⁷ the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then⁶⁸ will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour⁶⁹ the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not⁷⁰ be quenched.