Jer Jeremiah, chapter Book of Jeremiah, chapter 17
The Deceitful Heart
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 17:1 As in ancient versions; MT yourtheir altars,Isa 65:6
As they remember their children,
So they remember their altars and their 17:2 I.e., wooden symbols of a female deity (Asherah)Asherim
By green trees on the high hills.Jer 11:13
Mountain of Mine in the countryside,
I will turn over your wealth and all your treasures as plunder,
Your high places for sin throughout your borders.Jer 15:13
And you will, even of yourself, let go of your inheritance
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.Jer 15:14
¶This is what the Lord says:
“Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind
And makes flesh his 17:5 Lit armstrength,
And whose heart turns away from the Lord.Psa 118:8; Pro 29:25; Isa 31:1
“For he will be like a bush in the desert,
And will not see when prosperity comes,
But will live in stony wastes in the wilderness,
A land of salt that is not inhabited.Isa 1:30; Jer 48:6
“Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord,
And whose trust is the Lord.Psa 2:12; Pro 16:20; Isa 30:18
“For he will be like a tree 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 drought,
Nor cease to yield fruit.Psa 1:3
¶“The heart is more deceitful than all else
And is desperately sick;
Who can understand it?Psa 64:6
“I, the Lord, search the heart,
I test the 17:10 Lit kidneysmind,
To give to each person according to his ways,
According to the 17:10 Lit fruitresults of his deeds.1Sa 16:7; 1Ch 28:9; Psa 7:9; Pro 17:3; Jer 11:20; Jer 20:12; Rev 2:23
“As a partridge that hatches eggs which it has not laid,
So is a person who makes a fortune, but unjustly;
In the middle of his days it will abandon him,
And in 17:11 Lit histhe end he will be a fool.”
¶A glorious throne on high from the beginning
Is the place of our sanctuary.Jer 14:21
Lord, the hope of Israel,
All who abandon You will be put to shame.
Those who turn 17:13 Lit away from Meaway on earth will be written down,
Because they have forsaken the fountain of living water, that is the Lord.Jer 2:13; Jer 14:8; Jhn 4:14; Jhn 8:6
Heal me, Lord, and I will be healed;
Save me and I will be saved,
For You are my praise.
Look, they keep saying to me,
“Where is the word of the Lord?
Let it come now!”Isa 5:19
But as for me, I have not hurried away from being a shepherd following after You,
Nor have I longed for the disastrous day;
You Yourself know that the utterance of my lips
Was in Your presence.Job 32:21; 1Co 4:3
Do not be a terror to me;
You are my refuge in a day of disaster.Jer 16:19
Let those who persecute me be put to shame, but as for me, let me not be put to shame;
Let them be dismayed, but let me not be dismayed.
Bring on them a day of disaster,
And crush them with double destruction!Jer 20:11
The Sabbath Must Be Kept
This is what the Lord said to me: “Go and stand at the 17:19 Lit gate of the sons of the peoplepublic gate, through which the kings of Judah come in and go out, as well as at all the gates of Jerusalem; Isa 29:21and say to them, ‘Listen to the word of the Lord, you kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all inhabitants of Jerusalem who come in through these gates. This is what the Lord says: “Take care for yourselves, and do not carry any 17:21 Or burdenload on the Sabbath day or bring anything in through the gates of Jerusalem. Neh 13:19; Jhn 5:9You shall not bring a load out of your houses on the Sabbath day nor do any work, but keep the Sabbath day holy, just as I commanded your 17:22 Lit fathersforefathers. Exo 20:8; Ezk 20:12Yet they did not listen or incline their ears, but stiffened their necks so as not to listen or accept discipline.Jer 7:24
“But it will come about, if you give your attention 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, Isa 56:2; Isa 58:13then there will come in through the gates of this city kings and officials sitting 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 city will be inhabited forever. Jer 22:4They will come in from the cities of Judah and from the areas surrounding Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin, from the lowland, from the hill country, and from the Negev, bringing burnt offerings, sacrifices, grain offerings, and frankincense, and bringing sacrifices of thanksgiving to the house of the Lord. Jer 32:44But 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 set fire to its gates, and it will devour the palaces of Jerusalem and not go out.” ’ ”Isa 1:31; Amo 5:6; Jer 21:14