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Jeremiah Chapter 17

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JEREMIAH

Jeremiah 17

1The 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;
Proverbs 3:3, Proverbs 3:3, 2 Corinthians 3:3, 2 Corinthians 3:3, Proverbs 7:3
2Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills.
2 Chronicles 24:18, 2 Chronicles 24:18, Jeremiah 2:20, Jeremiah 2:20, 2 Chronicles 33:3
3O 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.
Jeremiah 15:13, Jeremiah 15:13, Jeremiah 26:18, 2 Kings 24:13, Jeremiah 26:18
4And 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.
Jeremiah 15:14, Jeremiah 15:14, Lamentations 5:2, Mark 9:43, Mark 9:49
5Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord.
Psalms 118:8, Psalms 118:9, Psalms 118:8, Psalms 118:9, Psalms 146:3
6For 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.
Job 20:17, Job 20:17, Psalms 1:4, Deuteronomy 29:23, Psalms 1:4
7Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.
Isaiah 26:3, Isaiah 26:4, Isaiah 26:3, Isaiah 26:4, Psalms 34:8
8For 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.
Psalms 1:3, Psalms 1:3, Isaiah 58:11, Isaiah 58:11, Ezekiel 47:12
9The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
Mark 7:21, Mark 7:22, Mark 7:21, Mark 7:22, Matthew 15:19
10I 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.
1 Samuel 16:7, 1 Samuel 16:7, Romans 8:27, Romans 8:27, Revelation 2:23
11As 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.
Proverbs 28:20, Proverbs 28:20, Proverbs 21:6, Proverbs 21:6, Jeremiah 22:17
12A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary.
Psalms 96:6, Psalms 96:6, Jeremiah 3:17, Ezekiel 43:7, Jeremiah 3:17
13O 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.
Revelation 7:17, Revelation 7:17, John 7:37, John 7:38, John 7:37
14Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.
Psalms 6:2, Psalms 6:2, Deuteronomy 32:39, Deuteronomy 32:39, Psalms 106:47
15Behold, they say unto me, Where is the word of the Lord? let it come now.
Isaiah 5:19, Isaiah 5:19, Jeremiah 20:7, Jeremiah 20:8, Ezekiel 12:27
16As 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.
Acts 20:20, Jeremiah 4:19, Jeremiah 4:20, Acts 20:27, Acts 20:20
17Be not a terror unto me: thou art my hope in the day of evil.
Nahum 1:7, Nahum 1:7, Psalms 59:16, Jeremiah 16:19, Psalms 59:16
18Let 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.
Psalms 35:4, Psalms 35:4, Jeremiah 20:11, Psalms 40:14, Jeremiah 11:20
19Thus 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;
Jeremiah 26:2, Jeremiah 7:2, Jeremiah 26:2, Jeremiah 7:2, Proverbs 8:1
20And 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:
Jeremiah 19:3, Jeremiah 19:3, Ezekiel 2:7, Psalms 49:1, Psalms 49:2
21Thus saith the Lord; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem;
Numbers 15:32, Numbers 15:36, Nehemiah 13:15, Nehemiah 13:21, Numbers 15:32
22Neither 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.
Ezekiel 20:12, Ezekiel 20:12, Exodus 20:8, Exodus 20:10, Exodus 20:8
23But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.
Proverbs 29:1, Proverbs 29:1, Jeremiah 11:10, Jeremiah 19:15, Jeremiah 7:24
24And 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;
Deuteronomy 11:13, Jeremiah 17:21, Jeremiah 17:22, Deuteronomy 11:13, Jeremiah 17:21
25Then 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.
Jeremiah 22:4, Jeremiah 22:4, Isaiah 9:7, Isaiah 9:7, Jeremiah 33:21
26And 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.
Zechariah 7:7, Jeremiah 32:44, Jeremiah 33:13, Zechariah 7:7, Jeremiah 32:44
27But 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.
2 Kings 25:9, 2 Kings 25:9, Jeremiah 7:20, Jeremiah 7:20, Jeremiah 21:14

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