1The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, With the point of a diamond is it engraved Upon the tablet of their hearts, Upon the horns of their altars.

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Proverbs 3:3, Proverbs 3:3, 2 Corinthians 3:3, 2 Corinthians 3:3, Proverbs 7:3

2While their children remember the altars, and the images of Astarte, Near the green trees, And upon the high hills.

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2 Chronicles 24:18, 2 Chronicles 24:18, Jeremiah 2:20, Jeremiah 2:20, 2 Chronicles 33:3

3My mountain in the field! thy substance and all thy treasures will I give up for spoil; Thy high places for sin in all thy borders.

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Jeremiah 15:13, Jeremiah 15:13, Jeremiah 26:18, 2 Kings 24:13, Jeremiah 26:18

4Thou shalt of thyself cease to possess the inheritance which I gave thee, And I will cause thee to serve thy enemies in a land which thou knowest not; For ye have kindled a fire in my anger, Which shall burn forever.

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Jeremiah 15:14, Jeremiah 15:14, Lamentations 5:2, Mark 9:43, Mark 9:49

5Thus saith Jehovah: Cursed be the man who trusteth in man, And maketh flesh his arm, And whose heart departeth from Jehovah!

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Psalms 118:8, Psalms 118:9, Psalms 118:8, Psalms 118:9, Psalms 146:3

6He shall be like a poor wanderer in the desert, Who seeth not when good cometh, But dwelleth in the parched places of the desert, In a salt land, and uninhabited.

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Job 20:17, Job 20:17, Psalms 1:4, Deuteronomy 29:23, Psalms 1:4

7Blessed is the man who trusteth in Jehovah; Who in Jehovah placeth his hope!

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Isaiah 26:3, Isaiah 26:4, Isaiah 26:3, Isaiah 26:4, Psalms 34:8

8He shall be like a tree planted by the water-side, That spreadeth out her roots by the stream, That feeleth not when the heat cometh, But whose leaf is green; That careth not in the year of drought, Nor ceaseth from yielding fruit.

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Psalms 1:3, Psalms 1:3, Isaiah 58:11, Isaiah 58:11, Ezekiel 47:12

9The heart is deceitful above all things; Yea, it is corrupt; who can know it?

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Mark 7:21, Mark 7:22, Mark 7:21, Mark 7:22, Matthew 15:19

10I, Jehovah, search the heart, And try the reins, To give to every man according to his ways, And according to the fruit of his doings.

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1 Samuel 16:7, 1 Samuel 16:7, Romans 8:27, Romans 8:27, Revelation 2:23

11As the partridge sitteth on eggs which she hath not laid, So is he that getteth riches, and not by right; In the midst of his days shall he leave them, And in his latter end find himself a fool.

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Proverbs 28:20, Proverbs 28:20, Proverbs 21:6, Proverbs 21:6, Jeremiah 22:17

12A glorious, lofty throne from the beginning Hath been the place of our sanctuary.

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Psalms 96:6, Psalms 96:6, Jeremiah 3:17, Ezekiel 43:7, Jeremiah 3:17

13O thou hope of Israel, Jehovah! All that forsake thee shall be put to shame; Yea, all that depart from me shall be written in dust, Because they have forsaken the fountain of living water, they have forsaken Jehovah.

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Revelation 7:17, Revelation 7:17, John 7:37, John 7:38, John 7:37

14Heal me, O Jehovah, and I shall be healed; Save me, and I shall be saved; For thou art my praise!

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Psalms 6:2, Psalms 6:2, Deuteronomy 32:39, Deuteronomy 32:39, Psalms 106:47

15Behold, they say to me, "Where is the word of Jehovah? Let it come to pass!"

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Isaiah 5:19, Isaiah 5:19, Jeremiah 20:7, Jeremiah 20:8, Ezekiel 12:27

16I have not refused to follow thee, as thy shepherd, Neither have I desired the day of woe, as thou knowest! That which came from my lips hath been before thine eyes.

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Acts 20:20, Jeremiah 4:19, Jeremiah 4:20, Acts 20:27, Acts 20:20

17Be not thou a terror to me, Thou, my refuge in the day of distress! Let my persecutors be confounded, but let not me be confounded!

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Nahum 1:7, Nahum 1:7, Psalms 59:16, Jeremiah 16:19, Psalms 59:16

18Let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed! Bring upon them the day of calamity, And destroy them with double destruction!

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Psalms 35:4, Psalms 35:4, Jeremiah 20:11, Psalms 40:14, Jeremiah 11:20

19Thus said Jehovah to me: Go and stand in the people’s gate, Through which the kings of Judah come in and go out, And in all the gates of Jerusalem,

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Jeremiah 26:2, Jeremiah 7:2, Jeremiah 26:2, Jeremiah 7:2, Proverbs 8:1

20And say to them, Hear the word of Jehovah, ye kings of Judah, All Judah, and all ye who dwell at Jerusalem, Who enter in through these gates!

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Jeremiah 19:3, Jeremiah 19:3, Ezekiel 2:7, Psalms 49:1, Psalms 49:2

21Thus saith Jehovah: Take heed to yourselves, And carry no burden on the sabbath-day, And bring none through the gates of Jerusalem.

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Numbers 15:32, Numbers 15:36, Nehemiah 13:15, Nehemiah 13:21, Numbers 15:32

22Bear no burden from your houses on the sabbath-day, And do no kind of work; But keep ye holy the sabbath-day, As I commanded your fathers.

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Ezekiel 20:12, Ezekiel 20:12, Exodus 20:8, Exodus 20:10, Exodus 20:8

23But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, But made their necks stiff, and refused to hear, And refused to receive instruction.

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Proverbs 29:1, Proverbs 29:1, Jeremiah 11:10, Jeremiah 19:15, Jeremiah 7:24

24If ye will now diligently hearken to me, saith Jehovah, And bring no burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath-day, But keep holy the sabbath-day, Doing no work therein,

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Deuteronomy 11:13, Jeremiah 17:21, Jeremiah 17:22, Deuteronomy 11:13, Jeremiah 17:21

25Then shall enter the gates of this city kings and princes, Who sit upon the throne of David, Riding in chariots and on horses, They and their chieftains, The men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem; And this city shall be inhabited forever.

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Jeremiah 22:4, Jeremiah 22:4, Isaiah 9:7, Isaiah 9:7, Jeremiah 33:21

26Then from the cities of Judah, and the places around Jerusalem, From the land of Benjamin, and from the plain, From the mountains, and from the South, Shall they come bringing burnt-offerings, and sacrifices, And flour-offerings, and incense, And bringing thank-offerings to the house of Jehovah.

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Zechariah 7:7, Jeremiah 32:44, Jeremiah 33:13, Zechariah 7:7, Jeremiah 32:44

27But if ye will not hearken to me, To keep holy the sabbath-day, And to carry no burden through the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath-day, Then will I kindle in her gates an unquenchable fire, Which shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.

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2 Kings 25:9, 2 Kings 25:9, Jeremiah 7:20, Jeremiah 7:20, Jeremiah 21:14