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JEREMIAH
17.18
- And thy high places, because of sin, throughout all thy borders.
- 4And thou, even of thyself, shalt discontinue from thy 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 My nostril,
- Which shall burn for ever.
- 5Thus saith the Lord:
- Cursed is the man that trusteth in man,
- And maketh flesh his arm,
- And whose heart departeth from the Lord.
- 6For he shall be like a tamarisk in the desert,
- And shall not see when good cometh;
- But shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness,
- A salt land and not inhabited.
- 7Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord,
- And whose trust the Lord is.
- 8For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters,
- And that spreadeth out its roots by the river,
- And shall not see when heat cometh,
- But its foliage shall be luxuriant;
- And shall not be anxious in the year of drought,
- Neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
- 9The heart is deceitful above all things,
- And it is exceeding weak—who can know it?
- 10I the Lord search the heart,
- I try the reins,
- Even to give every man according to his ways,
- According to the fruit of his doings.
- 11As the partridge that broodeth over young which she hath not brought forth,
- So is he that getteth riches, and not by right;
- In the midst of his days he shall leave them,
- And at his end he shall be a fool.
- 12Thou throne of glory, on high from the beginning,
- Thou place of our sanctuary,
- 13Thou hope of Israel, the Lord!
- All that forsake Thee shall be ashamed;
- They that depart from Thee shall be written in the earth,
- Because they have forsaken the Lord,
- The fountain of living waters.
- 14Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed;
- Save me, and I shall be saved;
- For Thou art my praise.
- 15Behold, they say unto me:
- 'Where is the word of the Lord? let it come now.'
- 16As for me, I have not hastened from being a shepherd after Thee;
- Neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest it;
- That which came out of my lips was manifest before Thee.
- 17Be not a ruin unto me;
- Thou art my refuge in the day of evil.
- 18Let them be ashamed that persecute me, but let not me be ashamed;
- Let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed;
- Bring upon them the day of evil,
- And destroy them with double destruction.
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