Jer 17 | NASB2020 | STEP | The sin of Judah is written with an iron stylus ; With a diamond point it is engraved on the tablet of their hearts And on the horns of their altars ,

Jeremiah 17

The Deceitful Heart

1 The ^asin of Judah is written with an ^biron stylus;
With a diamond point it is ^cengraved on the tablet of their hearts
And on the horns of ^{▼▼As in ancient versions; MT your}their altars,
2 As they remember their ^echildren,
So they remember their altars and their ^{▼▼I.e., wooden symbols of a female deity (Asherah)
,} ^gAsherim
By ^hgreen trees on the high hills.
3 ⁱMountain of Mine in the countryside,
I will ^jturn over your wealth and all your treasures as plunder,
Your high places for sin throughout your borders.
4 And you will, even of yourself, ^klet go of your inheritance
That I gave you;
And I will make you serve your ^lenemies
In the ^mland which you do not know;
For you have ⁿkindled a fire in My anger
Which will burn forever.

5 This is what the Lord says:
“ ^oCursed is the man who trusts in mankind
And makes ^pflesh his ^{▼▼Lit arm}strength,
And whose heart turns away from the Lord.
6 “For he will be like a ^rbush in the desert,
And will not see when prosperity comes,
But will live in stony wastes in the wilderness,
A ^sland of salt that is not inhabited.
7 “ ^tBlessed is the man who trusts in the Lord,
And whose ^utrust is the Lord.
8 “For he will be like a ^vtree planted by the water
That extends its roots by a stream,
And does not fear when the heat comes;
But its leaves will be green,
And it will not be anxious in a year of ^wdrought,
Nor cease to yield fruit.

9 “The ^xheart is more ^ydeceitful than all else
And is desperately ^zsick;
Who can understand it?
10 “I, the Lord, ^aasearch the heart,
I test the ^{▼▼Lit kidneys}mind,
^acTo give to each person according to his ways,
According to the ^{▼▼Lit fruit}results of his deeds.
11 “As a partridge that hatches eggs which it has not laid,
So is a person who ^aemakes a fortune, but unjustly;
In the middle of his days it will abandon him,
And in ^{▼▼Lit his}the end he will be a ^agfool.”

12 ^ahA glorious throne on high from the beginning
Is the place of our sanctuary.
13 Lord, the ^aihope of Israel,
All who ^ajabandon You will be put to shame.
Those who turn ^{▼▼Lit away from Me}away on earth will be ^alwritten down,
Because they have forsaken the fountain of living water, that is the Lord.
14 ^amHeal me, Lord, and I will be healed;
^anSave me and I will be saved,
For You are my ^aopraise.
15 Look, they keep ^apsaying to me,
“Where is the word of the Lord?
Let it come now!”
16 But as for me, I have not hurried away from being a shepherd following after You,
Nor have I longed for the disastrous day;
^aqYou Yourself know that the utterance of my lips
Was in Your presence.
17 Do not be a ^arterror to me;
You are my ^asrefuge in a day of disaster.
18 Let those who persecute me be ^atput to shame, but as for me, ^aulet me not be put to shame;
Let them be dismayed, but let me not be dismayed.
^avBring on them a day of disaster,
And crush them with double destruction!

The Sabbath Must Be Kept

19 This is what the Lord said to me: “Go and stand at the ^{▼▼Lit gate of the sons of the people}public gate, through which the kings of Judah come in and go out, as well as at all the gates of Jerusalem; 20 and say to them, ‘ ^axListen to the word of the Lord, you ^aykings of Judah, and all Judah, and all inhabitants of Jerusalem who come in through these gates. 21 This is what the Lord says: “ ^azTake care for yourselves, and ^bado not carry any ^{▼▼Or burden}load on the Sabbath day or bring anything in through the gates of Jerusalem. 22 You shall not bring a load out of your houses on the Sabbath day ^bcnor do any work, but keep the Sabbath day holy, just as I ^bdcommanded your ^{▼▼Lit fathers}forefathers. 23 Yet they ^bfdid not listen or incline their ears, but ^bgstiffened their necks so as not to listen or accept discipline.

24 “But it will come about, if you ^bhgive your attention to Me,” declares the Lord, “to ^bibring no load in through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, ^bjbut to keep the Sabbath day holy by doing no work on it, 25 ^bkthen there will come in through the gates of this city kings and officials ^blsitting on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they and their officials, the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and this ^bmcity will be inhabited forever. 26 They will come in from the ^bncities of Judah and from the areas surrounding Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin, from the ^bolowland, from the hill country, and from the ^bpNegev, bringing burnt offerings, sacrifices, grain offerings, and frankincense, and bringing sacrifices of thanksgiving to the house of the Lord. 27 But ^bqif 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 ^brI will set fire to its gates, and it will ^bsdevour the palaces of Jerusalem and ^btnot go out.”’”