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17:5 Cursed is the man who trusts in man, and will lean his arm of flesh
upon him, while his heart departs from Yehovah.
17:6 And he shall be as the wild tamarisk in the desert: he shall not see
when good comes; but he shall dwell in barren [places], and in the
wilderness, in a salt land which is not inhabited.
17:7 But blessed is the man who trusts in Yehovah, and whose hope Yehovah
shall be.
17:8 And he shall be as a thriving tree by the waters, and he shall cast
forth his root toward a moist place: he shall not fear when heat comes, and
there shall be upon him shady branches: he shall not fear in a year of
drought, and he shall not fail to bear fruit.
17:9 The heart is deep beyond all things, and it is the man, and who can
know him?
17:10 I Yehovah try the hearts, and prove the reins, to give to every one
according to his ways, and according to the fruits of his devices.
17:11 The partridge utters her voice, she gathers [eggs] which she did not
lay; [so is a man] gaining his wealth unjustly; in the midst of his days
[his riches] shall leave him, and at his latter end he will be a fool.
17:12 An exalted throne of glory is our sanctuary.
17:13 O Lord, the hope of Israel, let all that have left thee be ashamed,
let them that have revolted be written on the earth, because they have
forsaken the fountain of life, Yehovah.
17:14 Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved;
for thou art my boast.
17:15 Behold, they say to me, Where is the word of Yehovah? let it come.
17:16 But I have not been weary of following thee, nor have I desired the
day of man; thou knowest; the [words] that proceed out of my lips are before
thy face.
17:17 Be not to me a stranger, [but] spare me in the evil day.
17:18 Let them that persecute me bee ashamed, but let me not be ashamed: let
them be alarmed, but let me not be alarmed: bring upon them the evil day,
crush them with double destruction.
17:19 Thus saith Yehovah; Go and stand in the gates of the children of thy
people, by which the kings of Judah enter, and by which they go out, and in
all the gates of Jerusalem:
17:20 and thou shalt say to them, Hear the word of Yehovah, ye kings of
Judah, and all Judea, and all Jerusalem, [all] who go in at these gates:
17:21 thus saith Yehovah; Take heed to your souls, and take up no burdens
on the sabbath-day, and go not forth [through] the gates of Jerusalem;
17:22 and carry forth no burdens out of your houses on the sabbath-day, and
ye shall do no work: sanctify the sabbath-day, as I commanded your fathers.
17:23 But they hearkened not, and inclined not their ear, but stiffened
their neck more than their fathers [did], so as not to hear me, and not to
receive correction.
17:24 And it shall come to pass, if ye will hearken to me, saith Yehovah,
to carry in no burdens through the gates of this city on the sabbath-day,
and to sanctify the sabbath-day, so as to do no work [upon it],
17:25 that there shall enter through the gates of this city kings and
princes sitting on the throne of David, and riding on their chariots and
horses, they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and the dwellers in
Jerusalem: and this city shall be inhabited for ever.
17:26 And [men] shall come out of the cities of Judah, and from round about
Jerusalem, and out of the land of Benjamin, and out of the plain country,
and from the hill country, and from the south [country], bringing
whole-burnt-offerings, and sacrifices, and incense, and manna, and
frankincense, bringing praise to the house of Yehovah.
17:27 But it shall come to pass, if ye will not hearken to me to sanctify
the sabbath-day, to bear no burdens, nor go in [with them by] the gates of
Jerusalem on the sabbath-day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates
thereof, and it shall devour the streets of Jerusalem, and shall not be
quenched. |
17:1 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 the horns of your altars;
17:2 Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the
green trees upon the high hills.
17:3 O my mountain in the field, I will give thy substance and all thy
treasures to the spoil, and thy high places for sin, throughout all thy
borders.
17:4 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
for ever.
17:5 Thus saith Yehovah; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh
flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from Yehovah.
17:6 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.
17:7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in Yehovah, and whose hope Yehovah
is.
17:8 For he shall 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 drought, neither
shall cease from yielding fruit.
17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who
can know it?
17:10 I Yehovah search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man
according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
17:11 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.
17:12 A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our
sanctuary.
17:13 O Yehovah, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed,
and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they
have forsaken Yehovah, the fountain of living waters.
17:14 Heal me, O Yehovah, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved:
for thou art my praise.
17:15 Behold, they say unto me, Where is the word of Yehovah? let it come
now.
17:16 As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee:
neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of
my lips was right before thee.
17:17 Be not a terror unto me: thou art my hope in the day of evil.
17:18 Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be
confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon
them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.
17:19 Thus said Yehovah 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;
17:20 And say unto them, Hear ye the word of Yehovah, ye kings of Judah,
and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these
gates:
17:21 Thus saith Yehovah; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on
the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem;
17:22 Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day,
neither do ye any work, but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I commanded your
fathers.
17:23 But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck
stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.
17:24 And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me, saith the
Yehovah, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath
day, but hallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein;
17:25 Then shall there enter into the gates of this city kings and princes
sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they,
and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: and
this city shall remain for ever.
17:26 And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places
about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the plain, and from
the mountains, and from the south, bringing burnt offerings, and sacrifices,
and meat offerings, and incense, and bringing sacrifices of praise, unto the
house of Yehovah.
17:27 But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not
to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath
day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the
palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched. |