(KJV) Jeremiah 17¹

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⥃The Sin and Punishment of Judah

[1] The sin of Judah [is] written² with a pen of iron, [and] with the point³ of a diamond: [it is] graven⁴ upon the table of their heart, and upon⁵ the horns of your altars; [2] Whilst their children⁶ remember their altars⁷ and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills. [3] O my⁸ mountain in the field, I will⁹ give thy substance [and] all thy treasures to the spoil, [and] thy¹⁰ high places for sin, throughout all thy borders. [4] And thou, even thyself¹¹, shalt¹² discontinue from thine heritage that I gave thee; and I¹³ will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land which thou knowest not: for¹⁴ ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, [which] shall burn for ever.

[5] Thus saith the Lord; Cursed¹⁵ [be] the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh¹⁶ his arm, and whose¹⁷ heart departeth from the Lord. [6] For he shall be like¹⁸ the heath in the desert, and shall¹⁹ not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, [in] a salt²⁰ land and not inhabited. [7] Blessed [is] the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.²¹ [8] For he shall²² be as a tree planted by the waters, and [that] spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought²³, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.

[9] [¶]The heart [is] deceitful above all [things], and desperately wicked: who can know it?²⁴ [10] I the Lord²⁵ search the heart, [I] try the reins, even²⁶ to give every man according to his ways, [and] according to the fruit²⁷ of his doings. [11] [As] the partridge sitteth²⁸ [on eggs], and hatcheth [them] not; [so] he that²⁹ getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave³⁰ them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool³¹.

⥃Jeremiah’s Prayer for Deliverance

[12] A glorious high throne from the beginning [is] the place of our sanctuary.³² [13] O Lord, the hope³³ of Israel, all that³⁴ forsake thee shall be ashamed, [and] they that³⁵ depart from me shall be written³⁶ in the earth, because they have forsaken³⁷ the Lord, the fountain of living waters. [14] Heal³⁸ me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save³⁹ me, and I shall be saved: for thou⁴⁰ [art] my praise.

[15] [¶]Behold, they say unto me, Where [is] the word of the Lord? let it come now.⁴¹ [16] As for me, I have⁴² not hastened from [being] a pastor to follow thee⁴³: neither⁴⁴ have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that⁴⁵ which came out of my lips was [right] before thee. [17] Be not a terror⁴⁶ unto me: thou⁴⁷ [art] my hope in the day of evil. [18] Let them be confounded⁴⁸ that persecute me, but let not me be confounded⁴⁹: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day⁵⁰ of evil, and destroy them with double destruction⁵¹.

⥃Restoring the Sabbath ^{[ Nehemiah 13:15–22 ]}

[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;⁵² [20] And say unto them, Hear ye the word of the Lord, ye kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates:⁵³ [21] Thus saith the Lord; Take⁵⁴ heed to yourselves, and bear⁵⁵ 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 do⁵⁶ ye any work, but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers. [23] But they obeyed⁵⁷ not, neither inclined their ear, but made⁵⁸ their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor⁵⁹ receive instruction. [24] And it shall come to pass, if⁶⁰ ye diligently hearken unto me, saith the Lord, to bring⁶¹ in no burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath day, but hallow⁶² the sabbath day, to do no work therein; [25] Then shall there⁶³ enter into the gates of this city kings and princes sitting⁶⁴ upon the throne of David, riding⁶⁵ in chariots and on horses, they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: and this⁶⁶ city shall remain for ever. [26] And they shall come from the cities⁶⁷ of Judah, and from the places about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the plain⁶⁸, and from the mountains, and from the south, bringing burnt⁶⁹ offerings, and sacrifices, and meat offerings, and incense, and bringing sacrifices of⁷⁰ praise, unto the house of the Lord. [27] But if ye will⁷¹ not hearken unto me to hallow⁷² the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then⁷³ will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour⁷⁴ the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not⁷⁵ be quenched.

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