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1. The sin of Judah is written down with pen of iron and with a sharp diamond. It is written on their hearts and on the horns of their altars.
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1. The sin H2403 of Judah H3063 is written H3789 with a pen H5842 of iron H1270 , and with the point H6856 of a diamond H8068 : it is graven H2790 upon H5921 the table H3871 of their heart H3820 , and upon the horns H7161 of your altars H4196 ;
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2. Even their children remember their altars and their wooden female goddesses of Asherah by green trees and on the high hills.
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2. Whilst their children H1121 remember H2142 their altars H4196 and their groves H842 by H5921 the green H7488 trees H6086 upon H5921 the high H1364 hills H1389 .
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3. O My mountain in the country, I will give your money and all your riches to those who fight against you. I will give your high places as the price of your sin through all your land.
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3. O my mountain H2042 in the field H7704 , I will give H5414 thy substance H2428 and all H3605 thy treasures H214 to the spoil H957 , and thy high places H1116 for sin H2403 , throughout all H3605 thy borders H1366 .
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4. And you yourself will let your land go that I gave you. I will make you serve those who hate you in a land which you do not know. For you have made My an-ger start a fire which will burn forever.
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4. And thou , even thyself , shalt discontinue H8058 from thine heritage H4480 H5159 that H834 I gave H5414 thee ; and I will cause thee to serve H5647 H853 thine enemies H341 in the land H776 which H834 thou knowest H3045 not H3808 : for H3588 ye have kindled H6919 a fire H784 in mine anger H639 , which shall burn H3344 forever H5704 H5769 .
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5. The Lord says, "Cursed is the man who trusts in man, who trusts in the flesh for his strength, and whose heart turns away from the Lord.
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5. Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 ; Cursed H779 be the man H1397 that H834 trusteth H982 in man H120 , and maketh H7760 flesh H1320 his arm H2220 , and whose heart H3820 departeth H5493 from H4480 the LORD H3068 .
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6. For he will be like a bush in the desert and will not see when good comes. He will live in dry wastes in the desert, in a land of salt where no other people live.
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6. For he shall be H1961 like the heath H6176 in the desert H6160 , and shall not H3808 see H7200 when H3588 good H2896 cometh H935 ; but shall inhabit H7931 the parched places H2788 in the wilderness H4057 , in a salt H4420 land H776 and not H3808 inhabited H3427 .
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7. Good will come to the man who trusts in the Lord, and whose hope is in the Lord.
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7. Blessed H1288 is the man H1397 that H834 trusteth H982 in the LORD H3068 , and whose hope H4009 the LORD H3068 is H1961 .
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8. He will be like a tree planted by the water, that sends out its roots by the river. It will not be afraid when the heat comes but its leaves will be green. It will not be troubled in a dry year, or stop giving fruit.
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8. For he shall be H1961 as a tree H6086 planted H8362 by H5921 the waters H4325 , and that spreadeth out H7971 her roots H8328 by H5921 the river H3105 , and shall not H3808 see H7200 when H3588 heat H2527 cometh H935 , but her leaf H5929 shall be H1961 green H7488 ; and shall not H3808 be careful H1672 in the year H8141 of drought H1226 , neither H3808 shall cease H4185 from yielding H4480 H6213 fruit H6529 .
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9. "The heart is fooled more than anything else, and is very sinful. Who can know how bad it is?
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9. The heart H3820 is deceitful H6121 above all H4480 H3605 things , and desperately wicked H605 : who H4310 can know H3045 it?
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10. I the Lord look into the heart, and test the mind. I give to each man what he should have because of his ways and because of the fruit that comes from his works.
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10. I H589 the LORD H3068 search H2713 the heart H3820 , I try H974 the reins H3629 , even to give H5414 every man H376 according to his ways H1870 , and according to the fruit H6529 of his doings H4611 .
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11. As a bird that sits on eggs which it has not laid, so is he who gets rich by doing wrong. When his life is half over, they will leave him, and in the end he will be a fool."
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11. As the partridge H7124 sitteth H1716 on eggs , and hatcheth H3205 them not H3808 ; so he that getteth H6213 riches H6239 , and not H3808 by right H4941 , shall leave H5800 them in the midst H2677 of his days H3117 , and at his end H319 shall be H1961 a fool H5036 .
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12. A beautiful throne on high from the beginning is our holy place.
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12. A glorious H3519 high H4791 throne H3678 from the beginning H4480 H7223 is the place H4725 of our sanctuary H4720 .
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13. O Lord, the hope of Israel, all who leave You will be put to shame. Those who turn away from You will be written in the earth, because they have left the Lord, the well of living water.
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13. O LORD H3068 , the hope H4723 of Israel H3478 , all H3605 that forsake H5800 thee shall be ashamed H954 , and they that depart from H3249 me shall be written H3789 in the earth H776 , because H3588 they have forsaken H5800 H853 the LORD H3068 , the fountain H4726 of living H2416 waters H4325 .
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14. Heal me, O Lord, and I will be healed. Save me and I will be saved. For You are my praise.
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14. Heal H7495 me , O LORD H3068 , and I shall be healed H7495 ; save H3467 me , and I shall be saved H3467 : for H3588 thou H859 art my praise H8416 .
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15. They say to me, "Where is the Word of the Lord? Let it come now!"
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15. Behold H2009 , they H1992 say H559 unto H413 me, Where H346 is the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 ? let it come H935 now H4994 .
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16. But as for me, I have not run away from being a shepherd who follows You. And I have not been hoping for the day of trouble. You know what I said was spoken in front of You.
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16. As for me, I H589 have not H3808 hastened H213 from being a pastor H4480 H7462 to follow H310 thee: neither H3808 have I desired H183 the woeful H605 day H3117 ; thou H859 knowest H3045 : that which came H4161 out of H6440 my lips H8193 was H1961 right before H5227 H6440 thee.
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17. Do not make me afraid of You. You are my safe place in the day of trouble.
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17. Be H1961 not H408 a terror H4288 unto me: thou H859 art my hope H4268 in the day H3117 of evil H7451 .
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18. Let those who make it hard for me be put to shame, but do not let me be put to shame. Let them be afraid, but do not let me be afraid. Bring on them a day of trouble, and destroy them with twice as much!
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18. Let them be confounded H954 that persecute H7291 me , but let not H408 me H589 be confounded H954 : let them H1992 be dismayed H2865 , but let not H408 me H589 be dismayed H2865 : bring H935 upon H5921 them the day H3117 of evil H7451 , and destroy H7665 them with double H4932 destruction H7670 .
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19. The Lord said to me, "Go and stand in the people's gate, through which the kings of Judah come in and go out, and also in all the gates of Jerusalem.
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19. Thus H3541 said H559 the LORD H3068 unto H413 me; Go H1980 and stand H5975 in the gate H8179 of the children H1121 of the people H5971 , whereby H834 the kings H4428 of Judah H3063 come in H935 , and by the which H834 they go out H3318 , and in all H3605 the gates H8179 of Jerusalem H3389 ;
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20. And say to them, 'Listen to the Word of the Lord, kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all people of Jerusalem who come in through these gates.
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20. And say H559 unto H413 them, Hear H8085 ye the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 , ye kings H4428 of Judah H3063 , and all H3605 Judah H3063 , and all H3605 the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem H3389 , that enter in H935 by these H428 gates H8179 :
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21. The Lord says, "Be careful for your lives. Do not carry any load on the Day of Rest or bring anything in through the gates of Jerusalem.
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21. Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 ; Take heed H8104 to yourselves H5315 , and bear H5375 no H408 burden H4853 on the sabbath H7676 day H3117 , nor bring it in H935 by the gates H8179 of Jerusalem H3389 ;
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22. Do not bring a load out of your houses on the Day of Rest or do any work. But keep the Day of Rest holy, as I told your fathers before you.
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22. Neither H3808 carry forth H3318 a burden H4853 out of your houses H4480 H1004 on the sabbath H7676 day H3117 , neither H3808 do H6213 ye any H3605 work H4399 , but hallow H6942 ye H853 the sabbath H7676 day H3117 , as H834 I commanded H6680 your fathers H1 .
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23. Yet they did not listen or hear, but made their necks hard and would not change their ways.
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23. But they obeyed H8085 not H3808 , neither H3808 inclined H5186 H853 their ear H241 , but made H853 their neck H6203 stiff H7185 , that they might not H1115 hear H8085 , nor H1115 receive H3947 instruction H4148 .
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24. "Listen to Me," says the Lord, "and bring no load through the city gates on the Day of Rest. Keep the Day of Rest holy by doing no work on it.
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24. And it shall come to pass H1961 , if H518 ye diligently hearken H8085 H8085 unto H413 me, saith H5002 the LORD H3068 , to bring in H935 no H1115 burden H4853 through the gates H8179 of this H2063 city H5892 on the sabbath H7676 day H3117 , but hallow H6942 H853 the sabbath H7676 day H3117 , to do H6213 no H1115 H3605 work H4399 therein;
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25. Then kings and their sons will come through the city gates who will sit on the throne of David. They will come in war-wagons and on horses, with the men of Judah and the people of Jerusalem. And people will live in this city forever.
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25. Then shall there enter H935 into the gates H8179 of this H2063 city H5892 kings H4428 and princes H8269 sitting H3427 upon H5921 the throne H3678 of David H1732 , riding H7392 in chariots H7393 and on horses H5483 , they H1992 , and their princes H8269 , the men H376 of Judah H3063 , and the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem H3389 : and this H2063 city H5892 shall remain H3427 forever H5769 .
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26. People will come in from the cities of Judah and from the places around Jerusalem. They will come from the land of Benjamin, from the valleys, from the hill country, and from the Negev. They will bring burnt gifts, animals to kill on the altar in worship, grain gifts, special perfume, and gifts of thanks to the house of the Lord.
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26. And they shall come H935 from the cities H4480 H5892 of Judah H3063 , and from the places about H4480 H5439 Jerusalem H3389 , and from the land H4480 H776 of Benjamin H1144 , and from H4480 the plain H8219 , and from H4480 the mountains H2022 , and from H4480 the south H5045 , bringing H935 burnt offerings H5930 , and sacrifices H2077 , and meat offerings H4503 , and incense H3828 , and bringing H935 sacrifices of praise H8426 , unto the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 .
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27. But if you do not listen to Me, to keep the Day of Rest holy by not carrying a load when coming through the gates of Jerusalem on the Day of Rest, then I will start a fire in its gates. And it will burn up the beautiful houses of the kings of Jerusalem and will not be stopped." ' ''
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27. But if H518 ye will not H3808 hearken H8085 unto H413 me to hallow H6942 H853 the sabbath H7676 day H3117 , and not H1115 to bear H5375 a burden H4853 , even entering H935 in at the gates H8179 of Jerusalem H3389 on the sabbath H7676 day H3117 ; then will I kindle H3341 a fire H784 in the gates H8179 thereof , and it shall devour H398 the palaces H759 of Jerusalem H3389 , and it shall not H3808 be quenched H3518 .
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