Book of Jeremiah, Chapter 17

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Jeremiah 17 NASB - New American Standard Bible

Chapter 17 of Jeremiah—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

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¶ The ¹sin of Judah is written down with an ²iron stylus;
With a diamond point it is ³engraved upon the tablet of their heart
And on the horns of ^[a]their altars,
As they remember their ⁴children,
So they remember their altars and their ^[b]⁵Asherim
By ⁶green trees on the high hills.
O ⁷mountain of Mine in the countryside,
I will ⁸give over your wealth and all your treasures for booty,
Your high places for sin throughout your borders.
And you will, even of yourself, ⁹let go of your inheritance
That I gave you;
And I will make you serve your ¹⁰enemies
In the ¹¹land which you do not know;
For you have ¹²kindled a fire in My anger
Which will burn forever.
¶ Thus says the LORD,
“¹³Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind
And makes ¹⁴flesh his ^[c]strength,
And whose heart turns away from the LORD.
“For he will be like a ¹⁵bush in the desert
And will not see when prosperity comes,
But will live in stony wastes in the wilderness,
A ¹⁶land of salt ^[d]without inhabitant.
“¹⁷Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD
And whose ¹⁸trust is the LORD.
“For he will be like a ¹⁹tree planted by the water,
That extends its roots by a stream
And will not fear when the heat comes;
But its leaves will be green,
And it will not be anxious in a year of ²⁰drought
Nor cease to yield fruit.
¶ “The ²¹heart is more ²²deceitful than all else
And is desperately ²³sick;
Who can understand it?
“I, the LORD, ²⁴search the heart,
I test the ^[e]mind,
Even ²⁵to give to each man according to his ways,
According to the ^[f]results of his deeds.
“As a partridge that hatches eggs which it has not laid,
So is he who ²⁶makes a fortune, but unjustly;
In the midst of his days it will forsake him,
And in ^[g]the end he will be a ²⁷fool.”
¶ ²⁸A glorious throne on high from the beginning
Is the place of our sanctuary.
O LORD, the ²⁹hope of Israel,
All who ³⁰forsake You will be put to shame.
Those who turn ^[h]away on earth will be ³¹written down,
Because they have forsaken the fountain of living water, even the LORD.
³²Heal me, O LORD, and I will be healed;
³³Save me and I will be saved,
For You are my ³⁴praise.
Look, they keep ³⁵saying to me,
“Where is the word of the LORD?
Let it come now!”
But as for me, I have not hurried away from being a shepherd after You,
Nor have I longed for the woeful day;
³⁶You Yourself know that the utterance of my lips
Was in Your presence.
Do not be a ³⁷terror to me;
You are my ³⁸refuge in the day of disaster.
Let those who persecute me be ³⁹put to shame, but as for me, ⁴⁰let me not be put to shame;
Let them be dismayed, but let me not be dismayed.
⁴¹Bring on them a day of disaster,
And crush them with twofold destruction!
¶ Thus the LORD said to me, “Go and stand in the ^[i]public gate, through which the kings of Judah come in and go out, as well as in all the gates of Jerusalem;
and say to them, ‘⁴²Listen to the word of the LORD, ⁴³kings of Judah, and all Judah and all inhabitants of Jerusalem who come in through these gates:
Thus says the LORD, “⁴⁴Take heed for yourselves, and ⁴⁵do not carry any load on the sabbath day or bring anything in through the gates of Jerusalem.
You shall not bring a load out of your houses on the sabbath day ⁴⁶nor do any work, but keep the sabbath day holy, as I ⁴⁷commanded your ^[j]forefathers.
Yet they ⁴⁸did not listen or incline their ears, but ⁴⁹stiffened their necks in order not to listen or take correction.
¶ “But it will come about, if you ⁵⁰listen attentively to Me,” declares the LORD, “to ⁵¹bring no load in through the gates of this city on the sabbath day, ⁵²but to keep the sabbath day holy by doing no work on it,
⁵³then there will come in through the gates of this city kings and princes ⁵⁴sitting on 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 ⁵⁵city will be inhabited forever.
They will come in from the ⁵⁶cities of Judah and from the environs of Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin, from the ⁵⁷lowland, from the hill country and from the ⁵⁸Negev, bringing burnt offerings, sacrifices, grain offerings and incense, and bringing sacrifices of thanksgiving to the house of the LORD.
But ⁵⁹if you do not listen to Me to keep the sabbath day holy by not carrying a load and coming in through the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day, then ⁶⁰I will kindle a fire in its gates and it will ⁶¹devour the palaces of Jerusalem and ⁶²not be quenched.”’”

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FOOTNOTES

^ So ancient versions; M.T. your
^ I.e. wooden symbols of a female deity
^ Lit arm
^ Lit and is not inhabited
^ Lit kidneys
^ Lit fruit
^ Lit his
^ Lit away from Me
^ Lit gate of the sons of the people
^ Lit fathers

REFERENCES

^ Je 2:22; 4:14
^ Jb 19:24
^ Pr 3:3; 7:3; Is 49:16; 2Co 3:3
^ Je 7:18
^ Ex 34:13; 2Ch 24:18; 33:3; Is 17:8
^ Je 3:6
^ Je 26:18; Mc 3:12
^ 2Ki 24:13; Is 39:4-6; Je 15:13; 20:5
^ Je 12:7; La 5:2
^ De 28:48; Is 14:3; Je 15:14; 27:12, 13
^ Je 16:13
^ Is 5:25; Je 7:20; 15:14
^ Ps 146:3; Is 2:22; 30:1; Eze 29:7
^ 2Ch 32:8; Is 31:3
^ Je 48:6
^ De 29:23; Jb 39:6
^ Ps 2:12; 34:8; 84:12; Pr 16:20
^ Ps 40:4
^ Ps 1:3; 92:12-14; Eze 31:3-9
^ Je 14:1-6
^ Ec 9:3; Mr 7:21, 22
^ Ro 7:11; Eph 4:22
^ Is 1:5, 6; 6:10; Mt 13:15; Mr 2:17; Ro 1:21
^ 1Sa 16:7; 1Ch 28:9; Ps 139:23; Pr 17:3; Je 11:20; 20:12; Ro 8:27; Re 2:23
^ Ps 62:12; Je 32:19; Ro 2:6
^ Je 6:13; 8:10; 22:13, 17
^ Lu 12:20
^ Je 3:17; 14:21
^ Je 14:8; 50:7
^ Is 1:28
^ Lu 10:20
^ Je 30:17; 33:6
^ Ps 54:1; 60:5
^ De 10:21; Ps 109:1
^ Is 5:19; 2Pe 3:4
^ Je 12:3
^ Ps 88:15
^ Je 16:19; Na 1:7
^ Ps 35:4, 26; Je 17:13; 20:11
^ Je 1:17
^ Ps 35:8
^ Eze 2:7
^ Ps 49:1, 2; Je 19:3, 4
^ De 4:9, 15, 23; Mr 4:24
^ Nu 15:32-36; Ne 13:15-21; Jn 5:9-12
^ Ex 16:23-29; 20:8-10; De 5:12-14; Is 56:2-6; 58:13
^ Ex 31:13-17; Eze 20:12; Zc 1:4
^ Je 7:24, 28; 11:10
^ Pr 29:1; Je 7:26; 19:15
^ Ex 15:26; De 11:13; Is 21:7; 55:2
^ Je 17:21, 22
^ Ex 20:8-11; Eze 20:20
^ Je 22:4
^ 2Sa 7:16; Is 9:7; Je 33:15, 17, 21; Lu 1:32
^ Ps 132:13, 14; Heb 12:22
^ Je 32:44; 33:13
^ Zc 7:7
^ Ps 107:22; Je 33:11
^ Is 1:20; Je 22:5; 26:4; Zc 7:11-14
^ La 4:11
^ 2Ki 25:9; Je 39:8; Am 2:5
^ Je 7:20; Eze 20:47

Book of Jeremiah, Chapter 17

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