Jeremiah 17:1-13

Jeremiah 17:1-13

[1] The sin  of Judah  is written  with a pen  of iron,  and with the point  of a diamond:  it is graven  upon the table  of their heart,  and upon the horns  of your altars;  [2] Whilst their children  remember  their altars  and their groves  by the green  trees  upon the high  hills.  [3] O my mountain  in the field,  I will give  thy substance  and all thy treasures  to the spoil,  and thy high places  for sin,  throughout all thy borders.  [4] And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue  from thine 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 mine anger,  which shall burn  for  ever.  [5] Thus saith  the LORD;  Cursed  be the man  that trusteth  in man,  and maketh  flesh  his arm,  and whose heart  departeth  from the LORD.  [6] in the desert,  and shall not see  when good  cometh;  but shall inhabit  the parched places  in the wilderness,  in a salt  land  and not inhabited.  [7] Blessed  is the man  that trusteth  in the LORD,  and whose hope  the LORD  [8] For he shall be as a tree  planted  by the waters,  and that spreadeth out  her roots  by the river,  when heat  cometh,  but her leaf  shall be green;  and shall not be careful  in the year  of drought,  neither shall cease  from yielding  fruit.  [9] The heart  is deceitful  above all things, and desperately wicked:  who can know  [10] I the LORD  search  the heart,  I try  the reins,  even to give  every man  according to his ways,  and according to the fruit  of his doings.  [11] As the partridge  sitteth  on eggs, and hatcheth  them not; so he that getteth  riches,  and not by right,  shall leave  them in the midst  of his days,  and at his end  shall be a fool.  [12] A glorious  high  throne  from the beginning  is the place  of our sanctuary.  [13] O LORD,  the hope  of Israel,  all that forsake  thee shall be ashamed,  and they that depart  shall be written  in the earth,  because they have forsaken  the LORD,  the fountain  of living  waters.