THE SIN OF JUDAH IS WRITTEN WITH A PEN OF IRON, AND WITH THE POINT OF A DIAMOND:
IT IS GRAVEN UPON THE TABLE OF THEIR HEART, AND UPON HORNS OF YOUR ALTERS; WHILST THEIR CHILDREN REMEMBER THEIR ALTERS AND GROVES BY THE GREEN TREES UPON THE HIGH HILL. O MY MOUNTAIN IN THE FIELD, I WILL GIVE THY SUBSTANCE AND ALL THY TREASURES TO THE SPOIL, AND THE HIGH PLACES FOR SIN THROUGHOUT ALL THY BORDERS
AND THOU, EVEN THYSELF, SHALT DISCONTINUE FROM THINE HERITAGE THAT
I GAVE THEE;AND I WILL CAUSE THEE
TO SERVE THINE ENEMIES IN THE LAND
WHICH THOU KNOWEST NOT: FOR YE HAVE KINDLED A FIRE IN MINE ANGER, WHICH SHALL BURN FOREVER.
THUS SAITH THE LORD;
CURSED BE THE MAN THAT TRUSTETH
IN MAN, AND MAKETH FLESH HIS ARM,
AND WHOSE HEART DEPARTETH FROM THE LORD. FOR HE SHALL BE LIKE THE HEATH IN THE DESERT, AND SHALL NOT SEE WHEN GOOD COMETH; BUT SHALL INHABIT THE PARCHED PLACES IN THE WILDERNESS,
IN A SALT LAND AND NOT INHABITED.
BLESSED IS THE MAN THAT TRUSTETH IN THE LORD, AND WHOSE HOPE THE LORD IS.
FOR HE SHALL BE AS A TREE PLANTED BY 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 DROUGHT,
NEITHER SHALL
CEASE FROM YIELDING FRUIT.
THE HEART IS DECEITFUL ABOVE ALL THINGS, AND DESPERATELY WICKED:
WHO CAN KNOW IT? I THE LORD SEARCH THE HEART, I TRY THE REINS, EVEN TO GIVE EVERY MAN ACCORDING TO HIS WAYS,
AND ACCORDING TO THE FRUIT OF HIS DOINGS. AS THE PARTRIDGE SITTETH
ON EGGS, AND HATCHETH THEM NOT;
SO HE THAT GETTETH RICHES,
AND NOT BY RIGHT,
SHALL LEAVE THEM IN
THE MIDST OF HIS DAYS,
AND AT HIS END SHALL BE A FOOL.
A GLORIOUS HIGH THRONE
FROM THE BEGINNING IS THE PLACE
OF OUR SANCTUARY.
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