¹ The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the nail^◦ of adamant^*; it is inscribed^* on the tablet of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars;

² as their sons remember their altars and their groves by^◦ the green trees upon the tall hills.

³ O My mountain in the field, I will give thy belongings and all thy treasures for plunder, thy high·​·places are in sin, in all thy borders.

⁴ And thou shalt release thyself from thine inheritance that I gave to thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land which thou knowest not; for you have ignited a fire in My anger, which shall burn^◦ even·​·to eternity.

⁵ Thus says Jehovah: Cursed be the mighty·​·man who trusts in man, and sets flesh as his arm, and turns·​·aside his heart from Jehovah.

⁶ And he shall be as a naked shrub in the desert, and shall not see when^◦ good comes; but shall inhabit the blazing places in the wilderness, in a salty land and not dwelt·​·in.

⁷ Blessed is the mighty·​·man who trusts in Jehovah, and Jehovah is his trust.

⁸ And he shall be as a tree planted^◦ by^◦ the waters, and by^◦ the river^▵ he shall send·​·out his roots, and shall not see when^◦ heat comes, but his leaf shall be green; and in the year of dearth he shall not be·​·anxious, and he shall not withdraw from making fruit.

⁹ The heart supplants above all, and it^◦ is desperate; who can·​·know it^*?

¹⁰ I^◦, Jehovah, search·​·out the heart, test the kidneys, even^▵ to give to each·​·man^◦ according·​·to his ways, according·​·to the fruit of his actions.

¹¹ As the partridge gathers·​·together, and does not give·​·birth; so he who makes riches, but not by judgment, shall forsake them in half of his days, and at his latter end shall be a fool.

¹² A high throne of glory from the first is the place of our sanctuary.

¹³ O Jehovah, the hope^◦ of Israel, all who forsake Thee shall be·​·ashamed, and they who turn·​·aside away from Me shall be written in the earth, for they have forsaken Jehovah, the spring of living waters.

¹⁴ Heal me, O Jehovah, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved; for Thou^◦ art my praise.

¹⁵ Behold, they^◦ say unto^▵ me, Where^◦ is the word of Jehovah? let it come now^◦.

¹⁶ And as for me^◦, I have not hurried^◦ to cease from shepherding in following after Thee; and I have not longed·​·for the desperate day; Thou^◦ knowest; that which goes·​·out of my lips was before Thee.

¹⁷ Be not a dismay unto me; Thou^◦ art my protection in the day of evil.

¹⁸ Let them be·​·ashamed that persecute me, but let me^◦ not be·​·ashamed; let· them^◦ ·be·​·dismayed, but let· me^◦ not ·be·​·dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and break them with double^◦ breaking.

¹⁹ Thus said Jehovah to^▵ me; Go^◦ and stand in the gate of the sons of the people, by which the kings of Judah come·​·in, and by which they Go·​·out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem;

²⁰ and say to^▵ them, Hear ye the word of Jehovah, ye kings of Judah, and all of Judah, and all the inhabitants^◦ of Jerusalem, who come·​·in by these gates.

²¹ Thus says Jehovah: Take·​·heed for your souls, and lift no^◦ burden on the Sabbath day, nor^◦ bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem;

²² neither bring·​·out a burden from 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 hearkened not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck^◦ be·​·hard, that they might not^▵ hear, nor^▵ receive^◦ discipline.

²⁴ And it shall be, if hearkening you hearken to^▵ Me, says^◦ Jehovah, not^▵ to bring a burden into the gates of this city on^◦ the Sabbath day, but sanctify the Sabbath day, not^▵ to do any work^▵ in it;

²⁵ then shall there come into the gates of this city kings and princes sitting on the throne of David, riding in the chariots and on^◦ the horses, they^◦, and their princes, the men^◦ of Judah, and the inhabitants^◦ of Jerusalem; and this city shall dwell to eternity.

²⁶ And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from all around Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the lowland, and from the mountain, and from the south, bringing burnt·​·offering, and sacrifice, and gift·​·offering, and frankincense, and bringing offerings of thanksgiving, to the house of Jehovah.

²⁷ But if you will not hearken to^▵ Me to hallow the Sabbath day, and not^▵ lift a burden, also^◦ coming·​·in at the gates of Jerusalem on^◦ the Sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in her gates, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be·​·quenched.

¹ The word that was to^▵ Jeremiah^◦ from Jehovah, saying,

² Stand in the gate of the house of Jehovah, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of Jehovah, all ye of Judah, who come·​·in at these gates to worship Jehovah.

³ Thus says Jehovah of Armies, the God of Israel, Make· your ways and your actions ·good, and I will cause you to inhabit this place.

⁴ Trust ye not in^▵ false words, saying, The temple of Jehovah, the temple of Jehovah, the temple of Jehovah, are these^◦.

⁵ For if making·​·good you make·​·good your ways and your actions; if doing you do judgment between a man^◦ and his companion;

⁶ If you oppress not the sojourner, the orphan, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, and walk^◦ not after other gods to your own evil;

⁷ then will I cause you to inhabit this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, from eternity and even·​·to eternity.

⁸ Behold, you^◦ trust for yourselves in false words, that shall not^▵ profit.

⁹ Will ye steal, murder, and commit·​·adultery, and promise falsely, and burn·​·incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom you know not;

¹⁰ and come and stand before Me in this house, which is called by My name, and say, We are rescued, while you do^* all these abominations?

¹¹ Has this house, on which My name is called, become a cave of robbers^* in your eyes? Behold, even I^▵ have seen it, says^◦ Jehovah.

¹² But^◦ go ye now^◦ to^▵ My place which was in Shiloh, where I made My name to abide^◦ at first, and see what I did to it on·​·account·​·of^◦ the evil of My people Israel.

¹³ And now, because you have done all these deeds, says^◦ Jehovah, and I spoke unto^▵ you, getting·​·up·​·early and speaking, but you heard not; and I called you, but you answered not;

¹⁴ and I shall do to this house, which is called by My name, in which^◦ you^◦ trust, and to the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as^◦ I have done to Shiloh.

¹⁵ And I will cast· you ·out from before Me, as^◦ I have cast·​·out all your brothers, even all the seed of Ephraim.

¹⁶ And pray not thou^◦ for^▫ this people, neither lift·​·up a loud·​·shout nor a prayer for^▫ them, neither make·​·intercession to Me; for I^◦ will not^◦ hear thee.

¹⁷ Seest thou not^◦ what they^◦ do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?

¹⁸ The sons collect wood, and the fathers burn the fire, and the women knead dough, to make cawanim^* for the queen of the heavens, and to pour·​·out poured·​·offerings to other gods, so·​·that they may provoke Me.

¹⁹ Is it Me they^◦ provoke, says^◦ Jehovah? Is it not themselves, so·​·that there is shame on their own faces?

²⁰ Therefore thus says the Lord Jehovih^*; Behold, My anger and My fury shall be poured·​·out onto^▵ this place, on man, and on beast, and on the trees of the field, and on the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be·​·quenched.

²¹ Thus says Jehovah of Armies, the God of Israel, Add your burnt·​·offerings on your sacrifices, and eat flesh.

²² For I spoke not with^◦ your fathers, nor commanded them in the day I brought· them ·out from the land of Egypt, concerning the words of the burnt·​·offering and sacrifice;

²³ but^◦ this word I commanded them, saying, Obey My voice, and I will be God for you, and you^◦ shall be a people for Me; and walk ye in all the way that I have commanded you, so·​·that it may be·​·well for you.

²⁴ And they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but went in the counsels and in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and became backward, and not to the face.

²⁵ Since the day that your fathers came·​·out from the land of Egypt even·​·to this day I have sent to^▵ you all My servants the prophets, each^* day getting·​·up·​·early and sending them,

²⁶ and they hearkened not unto^▵ Me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck^◦; they did·​·evil more than their fathers.

²⁷ And thou shalt speak all these words unto^▵ them; but they will not hearken to^▵ thee; and thou shalt call unto^▵ them, but they will not answer thee.

²⁸ But thou shalt say unto^▵ them, This is a nation that hearkens not to the voice of Jehovah their God, nor receives^◦ discipline; faithfulness is perished, and is cut·​·off from their mouth.

²⁹ Shear the hair of thy Nazariteship, and cast· it ·away, and take·​·up a lamentation on the slopes; for Jehovah has rejected and abandoned the generation of His wrath.

³⁰ For the sons of Judah have done evil in My eyes, says^◦ Jehovah; they have set their detestable things in the house which is called by My name, to defile it.

³¹ And they have built the high·​·places of Topheth, which is in the ravine of the son of Hinnom, to burn·​·up their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came· it ·up upon My heart.

³² Therefore, behold, the days come, says^◦ Jehovah, that it shall no^◦ more^◦ be said to be Topheth, nor the Ravine of the Son of Hinnom, but^◦ the Ravine of Slaughter^◦; for they shall bury in Topheth, until there be no place left.

³³ And the carcasses of this people shall be for food for the fowls of the heavens, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall frighten them away^*.

³⁴ Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride; for the land shall be a waste.