Jeremiah 17

1 “The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, With the point of a diamond, Engraved on the tablet of their heart, And on the horns of your altars,

sin Judah to write in/on/with stylus iron in/on/with fingernail thorn to plow/plot upon tablet heart their and to/for horn altar your

2 As their sons remember their altars and their Asherim, By the green tree, by the high hills.

like/as to remember son: child their altar their and Asherah their upon tree luxuriant upon hill [the] high

3 O My mountain in the field—your strength, All your treasures—I give for a prey, Your high places for sin in all your borders.

mountain my in/on/with land: country strength: rich your all treasure your to/for plunder to give: give high place your in/on/with sin in/on/with all border: area your

4 And you have let go—even through yourself, Of your inheritance that I gave to you, And I have caused you to serve your enemies, In a land that you have not known, For you have kindled a fire in My anger, It burns for all time.”

and to release and in/on/with you from inheritance your which to give: give to/for you and to serve you [obj] enemy your in/on/with land: country/planet which not to know for fire to kindle in/on/with face: anger my till forever: enduring to burn

5 Thus said YHWH: “Cursed [is] the man who trusts in man, And has made flesh his arm, And whose heart turns from YHWH.

thus to say LORD to curse [the] great man which to trust in/on/with man and to set: make flesh arm his and from LORD to turn aside: turn aside heart his

6 And he has been as a naked thing in a desert, And does not see when good comes, And has inhabited parched places in a wilderness, A salt land, and not inhabited.

and to be like/as juniper in/on/with plain and not to see: see for to come (in): come good and to dwell parched in/on/with wilderness land: country/planet saltiness and not to dwell

7 Blessed [is] the man who trusts in YHWH, And whose confidence has been YHWH.

to bless [the] great man which to trust in/on/with LORD and to be LORD confidence his

8 And has been as a tree planted by waters, And he sends forth his roots by a stream, And he does not see when heat comes, And his leaf has been green, And he is not sorrowful in a year of scarcity, Nor does he cease from making fruit.

and to be like/as tree to transplant upon water and upon stream to send: depart root his and not (to see: see *Q(K)*) for to come (in): come heat and to be leaf his luxuriant and in/on/with year drought not be anxious and not to remove from to make fruit

9 The heart [is] deceitful above all things, And it [is] incurable—who knows it?

insidious [the] heart from all and be incurable he/she/it who? to know him

10 I, YHWH, search the heart, try the reins, Even to give to each according to his way, According to the fruit of his doings.

I LORD to search heart to test kidney and to/for to give: give to/for man: anyone (like/as way: conduct his *Q(K)*) like/as fruit deed his

11 A partridge hatching, and not bringing forth, [Is] one making wealth, and not by right, In the midst of his days he forsakes it, And in his latter end—he is a fool.”

partridge to gather and not to beget to make: offer riches and not in/on/with justice in/on/with half (day his *Q(K)*) to leave: forsake him and in/on/with end his to be foolish

12 A throne of glory on high from the beginning, The place of our sanctuary,

throne glory height from first place sanctuary our

13 The hope of Israel [is] YHWH, All forsaking You are ashamed. “And My apostates are written in the earth, For they have forsaken YHWH, A fountain of living waters.”

hope Israel LORD all to leave: forsake you be ashamed (and degenerate my *Q(K)*) in/on/with land: country/planet to write for to leave: forsake fountain water alive [obj] LORD

14 Heal me, O YHWH, and I am healed, Save me, and I am saved, For You [are] my praise.

to heal me LORD and to heal to save me and to save for praise my you(m. s.)

15 Behold, they are saying to me: “Where [is] the word of YHWH? Pray, let it come.”

behold they(masc.) to say to(wards) me where? word LORD to come (in): come please

16 And I did not hurry from feeding after You, And I have not desired the desperate day, You have known the produce of my lips, It has been before Your face,

and I not to hasten from to pasture after you and day be incurable not to desire you(m. s.) to know exit lips my before face your to be

17 Do not be to me for a terror, You [are] my hope in a day of calamity.

not to be to/for me to/for terror refuge my you(m. s.) in/on/with day distress: harm

18 Let my pursuers be ashamed, And do not let me be ashamed—me! Let them be frightened, And do not let me be frightened—me! Bring in on them a day of calamity, And destroy them a second time [with] destruction.

be ashamed to pursue me and not be ashamed I to to be dismayed they(masc.) and not to to be dismayed I to come (in): bring upon them day distress: harm and second breaking to break them

19 Thus said YHWH to me: “Go, and you have stood in the gate of the sons of the people, by which kings of Judah come in, and by which they go out, and in all gates of Jerusalem,

thus to say LORD to(wards) me to go: went and to stand: stand in/on/with gate son: descendant/people ([the] People's (Gate) *Q(K)*) which to come (in): come in/on/with him king Judah and which to come out: come in/on/with him and in/on/with all gate Jerusalem

20 and you have said to them: Hear a word of YHWH, you kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all inhabitants of Jerusalem, who are coming in by these gates,”

and to say to(wards) them to hear: hear word LORD king Judah and all Judah and all to dwell Jerusalem [the] to come (in): come in/on/with gate [the] these

21 Thus said YHWH: “Take heed to yourselves, And you do not bear a burden on the day of rest, Nor have you brought [it] in by the gates of Jerusalem.

thus to say LORD to keep: careful in/on/with soul: life your and not to lift: bear burden in/on/with day [the] Sabbath and to come (in): bring in/on/with gate Jerusalem

22 Nor do you take out a burden from your houses on the day of rest, Indeed, you do not do any work, And you have sanctified the day of rest, As I have commanded your fathers.

and not to come out: send burden from house: home your in/on/with day [the] Sabbath and all work not to make: do and to consecrate: consecate [obj] day [the] Sabbath like/as as which to command [obj] father your

23 And they have not listened nor inclined their ear, And they stiffen their neck not to hear, And not to receive instruction.

and not to hear: hear and not to stretch [obj] ear their and to harden [obj] neck their to/for lest (to hear: hear *Q(K)*) and to/for lest to take: recieve discipline: instruction

24 And it has been, if you certainly listen to Me,” A declaration of YHWH, “So as not to bring in a burden by the gates of this city on the day of rest, And to sanctify the day of rest, So as not to do any work in it—

and to be if to hear: hear to hear: hear [emph?] to(wards) me utterance LORD to/for lest to come (in): bring burden in/on/with gate [the] city [the] this in/on/with day [the] Sabbath and to/for to consecrate: consecate [obj] day [the] Sabbath to/for lest to make: do (in/on/with him *Q(K)*) all work

25 Then kings and princes have entered by the gates of this city, Sitting on the throne of David, Riding in a chariot, and on horses, They, and their princes, the man of Judah, And inhabitants of Jerusalem, And this city has remained for all time.

and to come (in): come in/on/with gate [the] city [the] this king and ruler to dwell upon throne David to ride in/on/with chariot and in/on/with horse they(masc.) and ruler their man: anyone Judah and to dwell Jerusalem and to dwell [the] city [the] this to/for forever: enduring

26 And they have come in from cities of Judah, And from outskirts of Jerusalem, And from the land of Benjamin, And from the low country, And from the hill-country, And from the south, Bringing in burnt-offering, and sacrifice, And present, and frankincense, And bringing praise [to] the house of YHWH.

and to come (in): come from city Judah and from around Jerusalem and from land: country/planet Benjamin and from [the] Shephelah and from [the] mountain: hill country and from [the] Negeb to come (in): bring burnt offering and sacrifice and offering and frankincense and to come (in): bring thanksgiving house: temple LORD

27 And if you do not listen to Me to sanctify the day of rest, And so as not to bear a burden, And to come in at the gates of Jerusalem on the day of rest, Then I have kindled a fire in its gates, And it has consumed the high places of Jerusalem, And it is not quenched!”

and if not to hear: obey to(wards) me to/for to consecrate: consecate [obj] day [the] Sabbath and to/for lest to lift: bear burden and to come (in): come in/on/with gate Jerusalem in/on/with day [the] Sabbath and to kindle fire in/on/with gate her and to eat citadel: palace Jerusalem and not to quench