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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 the table[H3871] of their heart[H3820], and upon the horns[H7161] of your altars[H4196];
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Whilst their children[H1121]remember[H2142] their altars[H4196] and their groves[H842] by the green[H7488]trees[H6086] upon the high[H1364]hills[H1389].
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O my mountain[H2042] in the field[H7704], I will give[H5414] thy substance[H2428] and all thy treasures[H214] to the spoil[H957], and thy high places[H1116] for sin[H2403], throughout all thy borders[H1366].
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And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue[H8058] from thine heritage[H5159] that I gave[H5414] thee; and I will cause thee to serve[H5647] thine enemies[H341] in the land[H776] which thou knowest[H3045] not: for[H5704] ye have kindled[H6919] a fire[H784] in mine anger[H639], which shall burn[H3344]for[H5704]ever[H5769].
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Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068]; Cursed[H779] be the man[H1397] that trusteth[H982] in man[H120], and maketh[H7760]flesh[H1320] his arm[H2220], and whose heart[H3820]departeth[H5493] from the LORD[H3068].
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For he shall be like the heath[H6199] in the desert[H6160], and shall not see[H7200] when good[H2896]cometh[H935]; but shall inhabit[H7931] the parched places[H2788] in the wilderness[H4057], in a salt[H4420]land[H776] and not inhabited[H3427].
7Blessed[H1288] is the man[H1397] that trusteth[H982] in the LORD[H3068], and whose hope[H4009] the LORD[H3068] is.
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For he shall be as a tree[H6086]planted[H8362] by the waters[H4325], and that spreadeth out[H7971] her roots[H8328] by the river[H3105], and shall not see[H7200] when heat[H2527]cometh[H935], but her leaf[H5929] shall be green[H7488]; and shall not be careful[H1672] in the year[H8141] of drought[H1226], neither shall cease[H4185] from yielding[H6213]fruit[H6529].
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The heart[H3820] is deceitful[H6121] above all things, and desperately wicked[H605]: who can know[H3045] it?
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I 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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As the partridge[H7124]sitteth[H1716] on eggs, and hatcheth[H3205] them not; so he that getteth[H6213]riches[H6239], and not by right[H4941], shall leave[H5800] them in the midst[H2677] of his days[H3117], and at his end[H319] shall be a fool[H5036].
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A glorious[H3519]high[H4791]throne[H3678] from the beginning[H7223] is the place[H4725] of our sanctuary[H4720].
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O LORD[H3068], the hope[H4723] of Israel[H3478], all that forsake[H5800] thee shall be ashamed[H954], and they that depart[H3249] from me[H5493] shall be written[H3789] in the earth[H776], because they have forsaken[H5800] the LORD[H3068], the fountain[H4726] of living[H2416]waters[H4325].
14Heal[H7495] me, O LORD[H3068], and I shall be healed[H7495]; save[H3467] me, and I shall be saved[H3467]: for thou art my praise[H8416].
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Behold, they say[H559] unto me, Where is the word[H1697] of the LORD?[H3068] let it come[H935] now.
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As for me, I have not hastened[H213] from being a pastor[H7462] to follow[H310]thee[H6440]: neither have I desired[H183] the woeful[H605]day[H3117]; thou knowest[H3045]: that which came out[H4161] of my lips[H8193] was right before[H5227]thee[H6440].
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Be not a terror[H4288] unto me: thou art my hope[H4268] in the day[H3117] of evil[H7451].
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Let them be confounded[H954] that persecute[H7291] me, but let not me be confounded[H954]: let them be dismayed[H2865], but let not me be dismayed[H2865]: bring[H935] upon them the day[H3117] of evil[H7451], and destroy[H7665] them with double[H4932]destruction[H7670].
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Thus said[H559] the LORD[H3068] unto me; Go[H1980] and stand[H5975]in[H935] the gate[H8179] of the children[H1121] of the people[H5971], whereby the kings[H4428] of Judah[H3063] come in[H935], and by the which they go[H1980]out[H3318], and in[H935] all the gates[H8179] of Jerusalem[H3389];
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And say[H559] unto them, Hear[H8085] ye the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068], ye kings[H4428] of Judah[H3063], and all Judah[H3063], and all the inhabitants[H3427] of Jerusalem[H3389], that enter in[H935] by these gates[H8179]:
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Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068]; Take heed[H8104] to yourselves[H5315], and bear[H5375] no burden[H4853] on the sabbath[H7676]day[H3117], nor bring[H935] it in by the gates[H8179] of Jerusalem[H3389];
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Neither carry forth[H3318] a burden[H4853] out of your houses[H1004] on the sabbath[H7676]day[H3117], neither do[H6213] ye any work[H4399], but hallow[H6942] ye the sabbath[H7676]day[H3117], as I commanded[H6680] your fathers[H1].
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But they obeyed[H8085] not, neither inclined[H5186] their ear[H241], but made their neck[H6203]stiff[H7185], that they might not hear[H8085], nor receive[H3947]instruction[H4148].
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And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently[H8085]hearken[H8085] unto me, saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068], to bring[H935] in no[H1115]burden[H4853] through the gates[H8179] of this city[H5892] on the sabbath[H7676]day[H3117], but hallow[H6942] the sabbath[H7676]day[H3117], to do[H6213]no[H1115]work[H4399] therein;
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Then shall there enter[H935] into the gates[H8179] of this city[H5892]kings[H4428] and princes[H8269]sitting[H3427] upon the throne[H3678] of David[H1732], riding[H7392] in chariots[H7393] and on horses[H5483], they, and their princes[H8269], the men[H376] of Judah[H3063], and the inhabitants[H3427] of Jerusalem[H3389]: and this city[H5892] shall remain[H3427] for ever[H5769].
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And they shall come[H935] from the cities[H5892] of Judah[H3063], and from the places about[H5439]Jerusalem[H3389], and from the land[H776] of Benjamin[H1144], and from the plain[H8219], and from the mountains[H2022], and from the south[H5045], bringing[H935] burnt offerings[H5930], and sacrifices[H2077], and meat offerings[H4503], and incense[H3828], and bringing[H935]sacrifices[H2077] of praise[H8426], unto the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068].
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But if ye will not hearken[H8085] unto me to hallow[H6942] the sabbath[H7676]day[H3117], and not to bear[H5375] a burden[H4853], even entering in[H935] at the gates[H8179] of Jerusalem[H3389] on the sabbath[H7676]day[H3117]; then will I kindle[H3341] a fire[H784]in[H935] the gates[H8179] thereof, and it shall devour[H398] the palaces[H759] of Jerusalem[H3389], and it shall not be quenched[H3518].