The sin of Judah is writtenwith a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is gravenupon the table of theirheart, and upon the horns of youraltars;
And thou, eventhyself, shaltdiscontinuefromthineheritagethat I gavethee; and I willcausethee to servethineenemies in the landwhichthouknowest not: for ye havekindled a fire in mineanger, whichshallburn for ever.
For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see whengoodcometh; but shallinhabit the parchedplaces in the wilderness, in a saltland and not inhabited.
For he shall be as a treeplanted by the waters, and thatspreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see whenheatcometh, but her leafshall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neithershallceasefromyieldingfruit.
As the partridgesitteth on eggs, and hatcheththem not; so he thatgettethriches, and not by right, shallleavethem in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
O LORD, the hope of Israel, all thatforsaketheeshall be ashamed, and theythatdepartfrom me shall be written in the earth, becausetheyhaveforsaken the LORD, the fountain of livingwaters.
As for me, I have not hastenedfrombeing a pastor to followthee: neitherhave I desired the woeful day; thouknowest: thatwhichcame out of my lips was rightbeforethee.
Let them be confoundedthatpersecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bringuponthem the day of evil, and destroythemwithdoubledestruction.
Thussaid the LORDunto me; Go and stand in the gate of the children of the people, whereby the kings of Judahcome in, and by the whichthey go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem;
And it shallcome to pass, if ye diligentlyhearkenunto me, saith the LORD, to bring in no burdenthrough the gates of thiscity on the sabbath day, but hallow the sabbath day, to do no worktherein;
Thenshallthereenterinto the gates of thiscitykings and princessittingupon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they, and theirprinces, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: and thiscityshallremain for ever.
And theyshallcomefrom the cities of Judah, and from the placesaboutJerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the plain, and from the mountains, and from the south, bringingburntofferings, and sacrifices, and meatofferings, and incense, and bringingsacrifices of praise, unto the house of the LORD.
But if ye will not hearkenunto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, evenentering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; thenwill I kindle a fire in the gatesthereof, and it shalldevour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.