Jeremiah 17:3-27

Jeremiah 17:3-27

[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.  [14] Heal  me, O LORD,  and I shall be healed;  save  for thou art my praise.  [15] Behold, they say  unto me, Where is the word  of the LORD?  let it come  [16] As for me, I have not hastened  from being a pastor  to follow  thee: neither have I desired  the woeful  day;  thou knowest:  that which came out  of my lips  was right before  thee.  [17] Be not a terror  unto me: thou art my hope  in the day  of evil.  [18] Let them be confounded  that persecute  me, but let not me be confounded:  let them be dismayed,  bring  upon them the day  of evil,  and destroy  them with double  destruction.  [19] Thus 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;  [20] And say  unto them, Hear  ye the word  of the LORD,  ye kings  of Judah,  and all the inhabitants  of Jerusalem,  that enter in  by these gates:  [21] Thus saith  the LORD;  Take heed  to yourselves,  and bear  no burden  on the sabbath  day,  nor bring  it in by the gates  of Jerusalem;  [22] Neither carry forth  a burden  out of your houses  on the sabbath  day,  neither do  ye any work,  but hallow  ye the sabbath  day,  as I commanded  your fathers.  [23] But they obeyed  not, neither inclined  their ear,  but made their neck  stiff,  that they might not hear,  nor receive  instruction.  [24] And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently  unto me, saith  the LORD,  to bring  in no burden  through the gates  of this city  on the sabbath  day,  but hallow  the sabbath  day,  to do  no  work  therein; [25] Then shall there enter  into 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.  [26] And they shall come  from the cities  of Judah,  and from the places about  Jerusalem,  and from the land  of Benjamin,  and from the plain,  and from the mountains,  and from the south,  bringing  burnt offerings,  and sacrifices,  and meat offerings,  and incense,  and bringing  sacrifices of praise,  unto the house  of the LORD.  [27] But if ye will not hearken  unto me to hallow  the sabbath  day,  and not to bear  a burden,  even entering in  at the gates  of Jerusalem  on the sabbath  day;  then will I kindle  a fire  in the gates  thereof, and it shall devour  the palaces  of Jerusalem,  and it shall not be quenched.