Jeremiah 17

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The Sin of Judah

17 “The sin of Judah is written with ^(A)a pen of iron; with a point of diamond it is engraved on ^(B)the tablet of their heart, and on ^(C)the horns of their altars, ²while ^(D)their children remember their altars and their ^(E)Asherim, ^(F)beside every green tree and on the high hills, ³^(G)on the mountains in the open country. ^(H)Your wealth and all your treasures I will give for spoil as the price of your high places for sin throughout all your territory. ⁴You shall loosen your hand from your heritage that I gave to you, ^(I)and I will make you serve your enemies in a land that you do not know, ^(J)for in my anger a fire is kindled that shall burn forever.”

⁵Thus says the Lord:
“Cursed is the man ^(K)who trusts in man
    and makes flesh his strength,^[a]
    whose heart turns away from the Lord.
⁶^(L)He is like a shrub in the desert,
    ^(M)and shall not see any good come.
He shall dwell in the parched places of the wilderness,
    in ^(N)an uninhabited salt land.

⁷^(O)“Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord,
    ^(P)whose trust is the Lord.
⁸^(Q)He is like a tree planted by water,
    that sends out its roots by the stream,
and does not fear when heat comes,
    for its leaves remain green,
and is not anxious in the year of drought,
    for it does not cease to bear fruit.”

⁹The heart is deceitful above all things,
    and desperately sick;
    who can understand it?
¹⁰^(R)“I the Lord search the heart
    ^(S)and test the mind,^[b]
^(T)to give every man according to his ways,
    according to the fruit of his deeds.”

¹¹Like the ^(U)partridge that gathers a brood that she did not hatch,
so is ^(V)he who gets riches but not by justice;
^(W)in the midst of his days they will leave him,
^(X)and at his end he will be a fool.

¹²A glorious throne set on high from the beginning
    is the place of our sanctuary.
¹³O Lord, ^(Y)the hope of Israel,
    ^(Z)all who forsake you shall be put to shame;
those who turn away from you^[c] ^(AA)shall be written in the earth,
    for ^(AB)they have forsaken ^(AC)the Lord, the fountain of living water.

Jeremiah Prays for Deliverance

¹⁴^(AD)Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed;
    save me, and I shall be saved,
    for ^(AE)you are my praise.
¹⁵^(AF)Behold, they say to me,
    “Where is the word of the Lord?
    Let it come!”
¹⁶I have not run away from being your shepherd,
    nor have I desired the day of sickness.
^(AG)You know ^(AH)what came out of my lips;
    it was before your face.
¹⁷Be not a terror to me;
    ^(AI)you are my refuge in the day of disaster.
¹⁸^(AJ)Let those be put to shame who persecute me,
    but let me not be put to shame;
^(AK)let them be dismayed,
    but let me not be dismayed;
^(AL)bring upon them the day of disaster;
    destroy them with double destruction!

Keep the Sabbath Holy

¹⁹Thus said the Lord to me: “Go and stand in the People's Gate, by which ^(AM)the kings of Judah enter and by which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem, ²⁰and say: ‘Hear the word of the Lord, ^(AN)you kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, who enter by these gates. ²¹Thus says the Lord: Take care for the sake of your lives, and ^(AO)do not bear a burden on the Sabbath day or bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem. ²²And do not carry a burden out of your houses on the Sabbath ^(AP)or do any work, but ^(AQ)keep the Sabbath day holy, as I commanded your fathers. ²³Yet ^(AR)they did not listen or incline their ear, ^(AS)but stiffened their neck, that they ^(AT)might not hear and receive instruction.

²⁴“‘But if you listen to me, declares the Lord, and ^(AU)bring in no burden by the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, but ^(AV)keep the Sabbath day holy and do no work on it, ²⁵then ^(AW)there shall enter by the gates of this city kings and princes who sit 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 shall be inhabited forever. ²⁶And people shall come from ^(AX)the cities of Judah ^(AY)and the places around Jerusalem, ^(AZ)from the land of Benjamin, ^(BA)from the Shephelah, from the hill country, ^(BB)and from ^(BC)the Negeb, bringing ^(BD)burnt offerings and sacrifices, grain offerings and frankincense, and ^(BE)bringing thank offerings to the house of the Lord. ²⁷But if you do not listen to me, to ^(BF)keep the Sabbath day holy, ^(BG)and not to bear a burden and enter by the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will ^(BH)kindle a fire in its gates, and it shall ^(BI)devour the palaces of Jerusalem and ^(BJ)shall not be quenched.’”

Footnotes

Jeremiah 17:5 Hebrew arm
Jeremiah 17:10 Hebrew kidneys
Jeremiah 17:13 Hebrew me

Psalm 40:1-8

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My Help and My Deliverer

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

40 I ^(A)waited patiently for the Lord;
    he inclined to me and ^(B)heard my cry.
²He drew me up from ^(C)the pit of destruction,
    out of ^(D)the miry bog,
and ^(E)set my feet upon a rock,
    ^(F)making my steps secure.
³He put ^(G)a new song in my mouth,
    a song of praise to our God.
Many will ^(H)see and fear,
    and put their trust in the Lord.

⁴Blessed is the man who ^(I)makes
    the Lord his trust,
who does not turn to the proud,
    to those who ^(J)go astray after a lie!
⁵You have multiplied, O Lord my God,
    your ^(K)wondrous deeds and your ^(L)thoughts toward us;
    none can compare with you!
I will proclaim and tell of them,
    yet they are ^(M)more than can be told.

⁶^(N)In sacrifice and offering you have not delighted,
    but you have given me an open ^(O)ear.^[a]
Burnt offering and sin offering
    you have not required.
⁷Then I said, “Behold, I have come;
    in the scroll of the book it is written ^(P)of me:
⁸^(Q)I delight to do your will, O my God;
    your law is ^(R)within my heart.”

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Footnotes

Psalm 40:6 Hebrew ears you have dug for me

1 John 4-5

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Test the Spirits

4 Beloved, ^(A)do not believe every spirit, but ^(B)test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for ^(C)many ^(D)false prophets ^(E)have gone out into the world. ²By this you know the Spirit of God: ^(F)every spirit that confesses that ^(G)Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, ³and every spirit ^(H)that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and ^(I)now is in the world already. ⁴Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for ^(J)he who is in you is greater than ^(K)he who is in the world. ⁵^(L)They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world, and ^(M)the world listens to them. ⁶We are from God. ^(N)Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know ^(O)the Spirit of truth and ^(P)the spirit of error.

God Is Love

⁷Beloved, ^(Q)let us love one another, for love is from God, and ^(R)whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. ⁸^(S)Anyone who does not love does not know God, because ^(T)God is love. ⁹In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that ^(U)God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. ¹⁰In this is love, ^(V)not that we have loved God ^(W)but that he loved us and sent his Son to be ^(X)the propitiation for our sins. ¹¹Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. ¹²^(Y)No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and ^(Z)his love is perfected in us.

¹³^(AA)By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. ¹⁴And ^(AB)we have seen and testify that ^(AC)the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of ^(AD)the world. ¹⁵^(AE)Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. ¹⁶So ^(AF)we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. ^(AG)God is love, and ^(AH)whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. ¹⁷By this ^(AI)is love perfected with us, so that ^(AJ)we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because ^(AK)as he is so also are we in this world. ¹⁸There is no fear in love, but ^(AL)perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not ^(AM)been perfected in love. ¹⁹^(AN)We love because he first loved us. ²⁰^(AO)If anyone says, “I love God,” and ^(AP)hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot^[a] love God ^(AQ)whom he has not seen. ²¹And ^(AR)this commandment we have from him: ^(AS)whoever loves God must also love his brother.

Overcoming the World

5 ^(AT)Everyone who believes that ^(AU)Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and ^(AV)everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him. ²^(AW)By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments. ³For ^(AX)this is the love of God, that we ^(AY)keep his commandments. And ^(AZ)his commandments are not burdensome. ⁴For ^(BA)everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—^(BB)our faith. ⁵Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes ^(BC)that Jesus is the Son of God?

Testimony Concerning the Son of God

⁶This is he who came ^(BD)by water and blood—Jesus Christ; not by the water only but by the water and the blood. And ^(BE)the Spirit is the one who testifies, because ^(BF)the Spirit is the truth. ⁷For there are three that testify: ⁸the Spirit and the water and the blood; and these three agree. ⁹^(BG)If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater, for this is the testimony of God ^(BH)that he has borne concerning his Son. ¹⁰Whoever believes in the Son of God ^(BI)has the testimony in himself. Whoever does not believe God ^(BJ)has made him a liar, ^(BK)because he has not believed in the testimony that God has borne concerning his Son. ¹¹And this is the testimony, that God gave us ^(BL)eternal life, and ^(BM)this life is in his Son. ¹²^(BN)Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.

That You May Know

¹³I write ^(BO)these things to you who ^(BP)believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life. ¹⁴And this is ^(BQ)the confidence that we have toward him, that ^(BR)if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. ¹⁵And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.

¹⁶If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and ^(BS)God^[b] will give him life—to those who commit sins that do not lead to death. ^(BT)There is sin that leads to death; ^(BU)I do not say that one should pray for that. ¹⁷^(BV)All wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin that does not lead to death.

¹⁸We know that ^(BW)everyone who has been born of God does not keep on sinning, but ^(BX)he who was born of God ^(BY)protects him, and the evil one does not touch him.

¹⁹We know that we are from God, and ^(BZ)the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

²⁰And we know that the Son of God has come and ^(CA)has given us understanding, so that we may know ^(CB)him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and ^(CC)eternal life. ²¹Little children, ^(CD)keep yourselves from idols.