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Jeremiah 17
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Jeremiah 17
New International Version
17 “Judah’s sin is engraved with an iron tool,(A)
inscribed with a flint point,
on the tablets of their hearts(B)
and on the horns(C) of their altars.
2 Even their children remember
their altars and Asherah poles[a](D)
beside the spreading trees
and on the high hills.(E)
3 My mountain in the land
and your[b] wealth and all your treasures
I will give away as plunder,(F)
together with your high places,(G)
because of sin throughout your country.(H)
4 Through your own fault you will lose
the inheritance(I) I gave you.
I will enslave you to your enemies(J)
in a land(K) you do not know,
for you have kindled my anger,
and it will burn(L) forever.”
5 This is what the Lord says:
“Cursed is the one who trusts in man,(M)
who draws strength from mere flesh
and whose heart turns away from the Lord.(N)
6 That person will be like a bush in the wastelands;
they will not see prosperity when it comes.
They will dwell in the parched places(O) of the desert,
in a salt(P) land where no one lives.
7 “But blessed(Q) is the one who trusts(R) in the Lord,
whose confidence is in him.
8 They will be like a tree planted by the water
that sends out its roots by the stream.(S)
It does not fear when heat comes;
its leaves are always green.
It has no worries in a year of drought(T)
and never fails to bear fruit.”(U)
9 The heart(V) is deceitful above all things
and beyond cure.
Who can understand it?
10 “I the Lord search the heart(W)
and examine the mind,(X)
to reward(Y) each person according to their conduct,
according to what their deeds deserve.”(Z)
11 Like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay
are those who gain riches by unjust means.
When their lives are half gone, their riches will desert them,
and in the end they will prove to be fools.(AA)
12 A glorious throne,(AB) exalted from the beginning,
is the place of our sanctuary.
13 Lord, you are the hope(AC) of Israel;
all who forsake(AD) you will be put to shame.
Those who turn away from you will be written in the dust(AE)
because they have forsaken the Lord,
the spring of living water.(AF)
14 Heal me, Lord, and I will be healed;(AG)
save(AH) me and I will be saved,
for you are the one I praise.(AI)
15 They keep saying to me,
“Where is the word of the Lord?
Let it now be fulfilled!”(AJ)
16 I have not run away from being your shepherd;
you know I have not desired the day of despair.
What passes my lips(AK) is open before you.
17 Do not be a terror(AL) to me;
you are my refuge(AM) in the day of disaster.(AN)
18 Let my persecutors be put to shame,
but keep me from shame;
let them be terrified,
but keep me from terror.
Bring on them the day of disaster;
destroy them with double destruction.(AO)
Keeping the Sabbath Day Holy
19 This is what the Lord said to me: “Go and stand at the Gate of the People,[c] through which the kings of Judah go in and out; stand also at all the other gates of Jerusalem.(AP) 20 Say to them, ‘Hear the word of the Lord, you kings of Judah and all people of Judah and everyone living in Jerusalem(AQ) who come through these gates.(AR) 21 This is what the Lord says: Be careful not to carry a load on the Sabbath(AS) day or bring it through the gates of Jerusalem. 22 Do not bring a load out of your houses or do any work on the Sabbath, but keep the Sabbath day holy, as I commanded your ancestors.(AT) 23 Yet they did not listen or pay attention;(AU) they were stiff-necked(AV) and would not listen or respond to discipline.(AW) 24 But if you are careful to obey me, declares the Lord, and bring no load through the gates of this city on the Sabbath, but keep the Sabbath day holy(AX) by not doing any work on it, 25 then kings who sit on David’s throne(AY) will come through the gates of this city with their officials. They and their officials will come riding in chariots and on horses, accompanied by the men of Judah and those living in Jerusalem, and this city will be inhabited forever.(AZ) 26 People will come from the towns of Judah and the villages around Jerusalem, from the territory of Benjamin and the western foothills, from the hill country and the Negev,(BA) bringing burnt offerings and sacrifices, grain offerings and incense, and bringing thank offerings to the house of the Lord. 27 But if you do not obey(BB) me to keep the Sabbath(BC) day holy by not carrying any load as you come through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle an unquenchable fire(BD) in the gates of Jerusalem that will consume her fortresses.’”(BE)
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 17:2 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah
- Jeremiah 17:3 Or hills / 3 and the mountains of the land. / Your
- Jeremiah 17:19 Or Army
Jeremia 17
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Jeremia 17
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De Heer waarschuwt Juda
17 De Heer zegt: "Jullie slechte daden zijn met een metalen stift in jullie harten gekrast. Ze zijn met een diamanten punt geschreven op de hoeken van jullie altaren. Alles staat daar, onuitwisbaar. 2 Want jullie hebben altaren en heilige palen neergezet bij de bomen en op alle hoge heuvels. 3 Ik zal Jeruzalem op mijn berg, de velden en al jullie altaren laten leegroven van alle rijkdommen en schatten. Het zal de buit van de vijand worden. Dat doe Ik omdat jullie Mij in het hele land ongehoorzaam zijn. 4 Jullie zullen het land dat Ik jullie gegeven had, moeten loslaten. En dat is jullie eigen schuld. Jullie zullen je vijanden moeten dienen in een ver land. Want jullie hebben Mij woedend gemaakt. En mijn woede is als een vuur dat nooit meer is te blussen.
5 De Heer zegt: Als iemand niet meer op Mij vertrouwt maar op mensen of op zichzelf, dan is hij vervloekt. Het zal slecht met hem aflopen. 6 Hij lijkt op een struik in de woestijn. Hij merkt het niet als er iets goeds gebeurt. Hij staat daar maar, op droge woestijngrond, in een onbewoond en onvruchtbaar land. 7 Maar als iemand op Mij vertrouwt, zal Ik goed voor hem zijn. Met hem zal het goed gaan. 8 Hij lijkt op een boom die langs het water is geplant. Zijn wortels groeien tot aan de beek. Hij merkt de hitte niet eens. Zijn bladeren blijven altijd fris en groen. Als er een jaar geen regen valt, maakt hij zich geen zorgen. Er groeien altijd vruchten aan hem.
9 Het hart van de mens is bedrieglijker dan alle andere dingen. Het is door en door slecht. Wie kan werkelijk weten wat er diep in zijn hart is? 10 Ik, de Heer, weet wat er in het hart van een mens is. Ik ken ieders diepst verborgen gedachten. Daardoor kan Ik iedereen geven wat hij verdiend heeft. Ik beloon ieder mens naar wat hij heeft gedaan, goed of slecht. 11 Iemand die op oneerlijke manier rijk wordt, lijkt op een patrijsvogel die eieren legt maar ze niet uitbroedt. Nog voordat zo iemand oud is, zal Ik hem al zijn rijkdom weer afnemen. Bij zijn dood zal hij een arme dwaas zijn."
12 Jeremia zegt: "Heer, onze prachtige tempel, hoog op de berg, is uw schitterende troon. Al vanaf de eerste dag is onze tempel het mooiste wat er is. 13 Heer, U bent de Hoop van Israël. Alleen U kan redden. Heer, het zal slecht aflopen met de mensen die U verlaten. De mensen die zich niets van mijn woorden aantrekken, zijn ten dode opgeschreven. Want ze hebben U verlaten, de Bron van water dat leven geeft."
Jeremia vraagt God om bescherming
14 Jeremia zegt: "Genees mij, Heer, dan zal ik weer gezond zijn. Help mij, dan zal ik gered zijn. U prijs ik. 15 De mensen zeggen tegen me: 'Nou, wanneer gaat het gebeuren wat de Heer tegen je heeft gezegd? Komt er nog wat van?' 16 Maar ik heb U niet gevraagd of ik uw herder mocht zijn! Ook heb ik U niet om al die ellende voor mijn volk gevraagd! U weet alles wat ik heb gezegd. 17 Maak me alstublieft niet bang. Want alleen bij U ben ik veilig. 18 Heer, zorg ervoor dat de mensen die mij bedreigen, voor schut komen te staan! Maar ík niet! Laat hén doodsbang zijn, Heer, maar niet míj! Stort alle ellende over hen uit. Geef hun dubbel en dwars wat ze verdiend hebben, zodat ze helemaal vernietigd zullen worden."
Jeremia waarschuwt de mensen dat ze zich aan de heilige rustdag moeten houden
19 De Heer zei tegen mij: "Ga in de stadspoort staan waar de koningen van Juda Jeruzalem ingaan en uitgaan. Ga ook naar alle andere poorten van Jeruzalem. 20 Zeg daar tegen de mensen: Luister naar wat de Heer zegt, koningen van Juda. Luister, volk van Juda en alle bewoners van Jeruzalem die door deze poorten binnen komen! 21 Dit zegt de Heer: Denk erom dat jullie op de heilige rustdag niet met koopwaar rondlopen. En dat jullie geen koopwaar door de stadspoorten Jeruzalem binnen brengen. Want het zal je je leven kosten. 22 Breng op de heilige rustdag ook geen koopwaar je huis uit om te verkopen. Jullie mogen op de heilige rustdag helemaal niet werken. Ik heb jullie voorouders bevolen dat ze zich hieraan moeten houden, omdat de heilige rustdag voor Mij is. 23 Maar ze hebben niet naar Mij willen luisteren. Ze zijn koppig en ongehoorzaam geweest. Ze weigerden te gehoorzamen als Ik hen bestrafte.
24 Maar jullie, luister nu naar Mij, zegt de Heer. Breng op de heilige rustdag geen koopwaar meer de stad in. Werk helemaal niet op de heilige rustdag. Want de heilige rustdag is voor Mij. Houd je daaraan. 25 Dan zullen jullie koningen uit de familie van David door deze poorten de stad in blijven komen op hun wagens en paarden. Zij en de leiders en raadgevers, de mannen van Juda en de bewoners van Jeruzalem. Dan zal deze stad voor altijd bewoond blijven. 26 Dan zullen de mensen uit de steden van Juda komen en uit de dorpen rond Jeruzalem, uit het land van de stam van Benjamin en uit de vlakte, uit de bergen en uit het zuiden. Ze zullen brand-offers, vlees-offers, meel-offers en wierook-offers komen brengen. Ze zullen Mij komen prijzen in mijn tempel.
27 Maar als jullie niet naar Mij luisteren, als jullie op de heilige rustdag blijven werken, en koopwaar Jeruzalem in blijven brengen op de heilige rustdag, dan zal Ik een vuur binnen de poorten van Jeruzalem aansteken. Dat vuur zal de paleizen van Jeruzalem verbranden. En niemand zal het kunnen blussen."
Jeremiah 17
King James Version
Jeremiah 17
King James Version
17 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;
2 Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills.
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.
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.
5 Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord.
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.
7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.
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.
9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
10 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.
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.
12 A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary.
13 O Lord, 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 the Lord, the fountain of living waters.
14 Heal me, O Lord, 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 the Lord? let it come now.
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 Be not a terror unto me: thou art my hope in the day of evil.
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.
19 Thus said the Lord 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;
20 And say unto them, Hear ye the word of the Lord, ye kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates:
21 Thus saith the Lord; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem;
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.
23 But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.
24 And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me, saith the Lord, 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;
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.
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 the Lord.
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.
Jeremiah 17
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Jeremiah 17
New King James Version
Judah’s Sin and Punishment
17 “The sin of Judah is (A)written with a (B)pen of iron;
With the point of a diamond it is (C)engraved
On the tablet of their heart,
And on the horns of your altars,
2 While their children remember
Their altars and their (D)wooden[a] images
By the green trees on the high hills.
3 O My mountain in the field,
I will give as plunder your wealth, all your treasures,
And your high places of sin within all your borders.
4 And you, even yourself,
Shall let go of your heritage which I gave you;
And I will cause you to serve your enemies
In (E)the land which you do not know;
For (F)you have kindled a fire in My anger which shall burn forever.”
5 Thus says the Lord:
(G)“Cursed is the man who trusts in man
And makes (H)flesh his [b]strength,
Whose heart departs from the Lord.
6 For he shall be (I)like a shrub in the desert,
And (J)shall not see when good comes,
But shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness,
(K)In a salt land which is not inhabited.
7 “Blessed(L) is the man who trusts in the Lord,
And whose hope is the Lord.
8 For he shall be (M)like a tree planted by the waters,
Which spreads out its roots by the river,
And will not [c]fear when heat comes;
But its leaf will be green,
And will not be anxious in the year of drought,
Nor will cease from yielding fruit.
9 “The (N)heart is deceitful above all things,
And [d]desperately wicked;
Who can know it?
10 I, the Lord, (O)search the heart,
I test the [e]mind,
(P)Even to give every man according to his ways,
According to the fruit of his doings.
11 “As a partridge that [f]broods but does not hatch,
So is he who gets riches, but not by right;
It (Q)will leave him in the midst of his days,
And at his end he will be (R)a fool.”
12 A glorious high throne from the beginning
Is the place of our sanctuary.
13 O Lord, (S)the hope of Israel,
(T)All who forsake You shall be ashamed.
“Those who depart from Me
Shall be (U)written in the earth,
Because they have forsaken the Lord,
The (V)fountain of living waters.”
Jeremiah Prays for Deliverance
14 Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed;
Save me, and I shall be saved,
For (W)You are my praise.
15 Indeed they say to me,
(X)“Where is the word of the Lord?
Let it come now!”
16 As for me, (Y)I have not hurried away from being a shepherd who follows You,
Nor have I desired the woeful day;
You know what came out of my lips;
It was right there before You.
17 Do not be a terror to me;
(Z)You are my hope in the day of doom.
18 (AA)Let them be ashamed who persecute me,
But (AB)do not let me be put to shame;
Let them be dismayed,
But do not let me be dismayed.
Bring on them the day of doom,
And (AC)destroy[g] them with double destruction!
Hallow the Sabbath Day
19 Thus the Lord said to me: “Go and stand in the gate of the children 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, (AD)‘Hear the word of the Lord, you kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, who enter by these gates. 21 Thus says the Lord: (AE)“Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the Sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem; 22 nor carry a burden out of your houses on the Sabbath day, nor do any work, but hallow the Sabbath day, as I (AF)commanded your fathers. 23 (AG)But they did not obey nor incline their ear, but [h]made their neck stiff, that they might not hear nor receive instruction.
24 “And it shall be, (AH)if you heed Me carefully,” says the Lord, “to bring no burden through the gates of this city on the (AI)Sabbath day, but hallow the Sabbath day, to do no work in it, 25 (AJ)then shall enter the gates of this city kings and princes sitting on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they and their princes, accompanied by the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and this city shall remain forever. 26 And they shall come from the cities of Judah and from (AK)the places around Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin and from (AL)the [i]lowland, from the mountains and from (AM)the [j]South, bringing burnt offerings and sacrifices, grain offerings and incense, bringing (AN)sacrifices of praise to the house of the Lord.
27 “But if you will not heed Me to hallow the Sabbath day, such as not carrying a burden when entering the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then (AO)I will kindle a fire in its gates, (AP)and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be (AQ)quenched.” ’ ”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 17:2 Heb. Asherim, Canaanite deities
- Jeremiah 17:5 Lit. arm
- Jeremiah 17:8 Qr., Tg. see
- Jeremiah 17:9 Or incurably sick
- Jeremiah 17:10 Most secret parts, lit. kidneys
- Jeremiah 17:11 Sits on eggs
- Jeremiah 17:18 Lit. crush
- Jeremiah 17:23 Were stubborn
- Jeremiah 17:26 Heb. shephelah
- Jeremiah 17:26 Heb. Negev
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