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Jeremiah Chapter 17 (Passion Bible)

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¹ Yahweh says: “People of Judah, your sins are engraved indelibly on the stone tablets of your hearts and on the horns of your altars,[1] engraved with an iron pen and a chisel with a diamond point.

² Your people have set up pagan altars to the goddess Asherah everywhere in your land—under large trees, on hills

³ and mountains, and in open fields. So, as punishment for all your sins, I will take your treasures—everything you own, including your altars[2]—and give them all to your enemies.

⁴ You will forfeit, by your own deeds,[3] the wonderful inheritance I have given you to possess. I will make you serve your enemies in a foreign land you have never known, for you have kindled the flame of my anger, which will burn forever.”

⁵ Yahweh said to me:

⁶ That person is like a desert tumbleweed

⁷ “I will bless with happiness[6] the one who trusts in me,

⁸ He is like a tree planted on the riverbank,[8]

⁹ There is nothing more deceitful[9] than the heart of man;

¹⁰ “I, Yahweh, probe the heart,[12]

¹¹ Go ahead and cheat others dishonestly,

¹² Our sacred sanctuary is a throne

¹³ Yahweh, you are the only hope of Israel!

¹⁴ Yahweh, you alone are my praise.

¹⁵ Listen to what the people keep saying to me:

¹⁶ But I have not stopped running after you

¹⁷ Do not cause me disappointment.[20]

¹⁸ Let those who persecute me be ashamed,

¹⁹ Yahweh said to me: “Go and stand in the public gate of Jerusalem by which the kings of Judah enter and leave, and then go to all the gates of Jerusalem

²⁰ and preach to the people: ‘Hear the word of Yahweh, you kings and people of Judah, and all who live in Jerusalem who enter by these gates!

²¹ “ ‘Yahweh declares: If you value your lives, stop carrying any loads[21] on the Sabbath day, bringing them through the gates of Jerusalem.

²² Nor shall you carry any loads out of your houses on the Sabbath day or do any work; rather, you must set apart that day to honor me as I commanded your ancestors.

²³ (Yet they would not listen or obey; they stubbornly refused and would not obey or accept instruction.)

²⁴ If you listen to me, declares Yahweh, and do not bring in any load through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day but observe the Sabbath day as set apart for me and do no work that day,

²⁵ then kings of David’s lineage will pass through the city’s gates. The kings and their officials will be riding in chariots or riding horses and will be accompanied by the people of Judah and the people of Jerusalem. There will always be people living here.

²⁶ Then people will come from the towns of Judah and from the villages around Jerusalem and from the land of Benjamin, from the lowlands west of Jerusalem, from the hill country, and from the southern desert of Judah, bringing burnt offerings and sacrifices, grain offerings and frankincense,[22] and offerings of thanksgiving[23] to Yahweh’s house.

²⁷ But if you do not listen to me, if you treat the Sabbath as any other day on which you carry loads through the gates of Jerusalem, then I will set its gates on fire, and that fire will consume even the palaces of Jerusalem, and no one will be able to extinguish it!’ ”

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1	Yahweh says: “People of Judah, your sins are engraved indelibly on the stone tablets of your hearts and on the horns of your altars,[1] engraved with an iron pen and a chisel with a diamond point.
2	Your people have set up pagan altars to the goddess Asherah everywhere in your land—under large trees, on hills
3	and mountains, and in open fields. So, as punishment for all your sins, I will take your treasures—everything you own, including your altars[2]—and give them all to your enemies.
4	You will forfeit, by your own deeds,[3] the wonderful inheritance I have given you to possess. I will make you serve your enemies in a foreign land you have never known, for you have kindled the flame of my anger, which will burn forever.”
5	Yahweh said to me:
6	That person is like a desert tumbleweed
7	“I will bless with happiness[6] the one who trusts in me,
8	He is like a tree planted on the riverbank,[8]
9	There is nothing more deceitful[9] than the heart of man;
10	“I, Yahweh, probe the heart,[12]
11	Go ahead and cheat others dishonestly,
12	Our sacred sanctuary is a throne
13	Yahweh, you are the only hope of Israel!
14	Yahweh, you alone are my praise.
15	Listen to what the people keep saying to me:
16	But I have not stopped running after you
17	Do not cause me disappointment.[20]
18	Let those who persecute me be ashamed,
19	Yahweh said to me: “Go and stand in the public gate of Jerusalem by which the kings of Judah enter and leave, and then go to all the gates of Jerusalem
20	and preach to the people: ‘Hear the word of Yahweh, you kings and people of Judah, and all who live in Jerusalem who enter by these gates!
21	“ ‘Yahweh declares: If you value your lives, stop carrying any loads[21] on the Sabbath day, bringing them through the gates of Jerusalem.
22	Nor shall you carry any loads out of your houses on the Sabbath day or do any work; rather, you must set apart that day to honor me as I commanded your ancestors.
23	(Yet they would not listen or obey; they stubbornly refused and would not obey or accept instruction.)
24	If you listen to me, declares Yahweh, and do not bring in any load through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day but observe the Sabbath day as set apart for me and do no work that day,
25	then kings of David’s lineage will pass through the city’s gates. The kings and their officials will be riding in chariots or riding horses and will be accompanied by the people of Judah and the people of Jerusalem. There will always be people living here.
26	Then people will come from the towns of Judah and from the villages around Jerusalem and from the land of Benjamin, from the lowlands west of Jerusalem, from the hill country, and from the southern desert of Judah, bringing burnt offerings and sacrifices, grain offerings and frankincense,[22] and offerings of thanksgiving[23] to Yahweh’s house.
27	But if you do not listen to me, if you treat the Sabbath as any other day on which you carry loads through the gates of Jerusalem, then I will set its gates on fire, and that fire will consume even the palaces of Jerusalem, and no one will be able to extinguish it!’ ”

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