Jeremiah 17
The Deceitful Heart
With a diamond point it is engraved upon the tablet of their heart
And on the horns of their altars,
So they remember their altars and their Asherim
By green trees on the high hills.
I will give over your wealth and all your treasures for booty,
Your high places for sin throughout your borders.
That I gave you;
And I will make you serve your enemies
In the land which you do not know;
For you have kindled a fire in My anger
Which will burn forever.
“Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind
And makes flesh his strength,
And whose heart turns away from the LORD.
And will not see when prosperity comes,
But will live in stony wastes in the wilderness,
A land of salt without inhabitant.
And whose trust is the LORD.
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 drought
Nor cease to yield fruit.
And is desperately sick;
Who can understand it?
I test the mind,
Even to give to each man according to his ways,
According to the results of his deeds.
So is he who makes a fortune, but unjustly;
In the midst of his days it will forsake him,
And in the end he will be a fool.”
Is the place of our sanctuary.
All who forsake You will be put to shame.
Those who turn away on earth will be written down,
Because they have forsaken the fountain of living water, even the LORD.
Save me and I will be saved,
For You are my praise.
“Where is the word of the LORD?
Let it come now!”
Nor have I longed for the woeful day;
You Yourself know that the utterance of my lips
Was in Your presence.
You are my refuge in the day of disaster.
Let them be dismayed, but let me not be dismayed.
Bring on them a day of disaster,
And crush them with twofold destruction!
The Sabbath Must Be Kept 19Thus the LORD said to me, “Go and stand in the public gate, through which the kings of Judah come in and go out, as well as in all the gates of Jerusalem; 20and say to them, ‘Listen to the word of the LORD, kings of Judah, and all Judah and all inhabitants of Jerusalem who come in through these gates: 21‘Thus says the LORD, Take heed for yourselves, and do not carry any load on the sabbath day or bring anything in through the gates of Jerusalem. 22You shall not bring a load out of your houses on the sabbath day nor do any work, but keep the sabbath day holy, as I commanded your forefathers. 23Yet they did not listen or incline their ears, but stiffened their necks in order not to listen or take correction.
24“But it will come about, if you listen attentively to Me,” declares the LORD, “to bring no load in through the gates of this city on the sabbath day, but to keep the sabbath day holy by doing no work on it, 25then there will come in through the gates of this city kings and princes sitting 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 city will be inhabited forever. 26They will come in from the cities of Judah and from the environs of Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin, from the lowland, from the hill country and from the Negev, bringing burnt offerings, sacrifices, grain offerings and incense, and bringing sacrifices of thanksgiving to the house of the LORD. 27“But if 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 I will kindle a fire in its gates and it will devour the palaces of Jerusalem and not be quenched.”’”