Jeremiah · Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
Jeremiah 17 Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
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1 The sin of Juda is written with a pen of iron, with the point of a diamond, it is graven upon the table of their heart, upon the horns of their altars.
1 “The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond. It is engraved on the tablet of their heart, and on the horns of your altars.
2 When their children shall remember their altars, and their groves, and their green trees upon high mountains,
2 Even their children remember their altars and their Asherah poles by the green trees on the high hills.
3 Sacrificing in the field: I will give thy strength, and all thy treasures to the spoil, and thy high places for sin in all thy borders.
3 My mountain in the field, I will give your substance and all your treasures for a plunder, and your high places, because of sin, throughout all your borders.
4 And thou shalt be left stripped of thy inheritance, which I gave thee: and I will make thee serve thy enemies in a land which thou knowest not: because thou hast kindled a fire in my wrath, it shall burn for ever.
4 You, even of yourself, will discontinue from your heritage that I gave you. I will cause you to serve your enemies in the land which you don’t know, for you have kindled a fire in my anger which will burn forever.”
5 Thus saith the Lord: Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord.
5 Yahweh says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man, relies on strength of flesh, and whose heart departs from Yahweh.
6 For he shall be like tamaric in the desert, and he shall not see when good shall come: but he shall dwell in dryness in the desert in a salt land, and not inhabited.
6 For he will be like a bush in the desert, and will not see when good comes, but will inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, an uninhabited salt land.
7 Blessed be the man that trusteth in the Lord, and the Lord shall be his confidence.
7 “Blessed is the man who trusts in Yahweh, and whose confidence is in Yahweh.
8 And he shall be as a tree that is planted by the waters, that spreadeth out its roots towards moisture: and it shall not fear when the heat cometh. And the leaf thereof shall be green, and in the time of drought it shall not be solicitous, neither shall it cease at any time to bring forth fruit.
8 For he will be as a tree planted by the waters, who spreads out its roots by the river, and will not fear when heat comes, but its leaf will be green, and will not be concerned in the year of drought. It won’t cease from yielding fruit.
9 The heart is perverse above all things, and unsearchable, who can know it?
9 The heart is deceitful above all things and it is exceedingly corrupt. Who can know it?
10 I am the Lord who search the heart and prove the reins: who give to every one according to his way, and according to the fruit of his devices.
10 “I, Yahweh, search the mind. I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.”
11 As the partridge hath hatched eggs which she did not lay: so is he that hath gathered riches, and not by right: in the midst of his days he shall leave them, and in his latter end he shall be a fool.
11 As the partridge that sits on eggs which she has not laid, so is he who gets riches, and not by right. In the middle of his days, they will leave him. At his end, he will be a fool.
12 A high and glorious throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctification:
12 A glorious throne, set on high from the beginning, is the place of our sanctuary.
13 O Lord the hope of Israel: all that forsake thee shall be confounded: they that depart from thee, shall be written in the earth: because they have forsaken the Lord, the vein of living waters.
13 Yahweh, the hope of Israel, all who forsake you will be disappointed. Those who depart from me will be written in the earth, because they have forsaken Yahweh, the spring of living waters.
14 Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed: save me, and I shall be saved, for thou art my praise.
14 Heal me, O Yahweh, and I will be healed. Save me, and I will be saved; for you are my praise.
15 Behold they say to me: Where is the word of the Lord? let it come.
15 Behold, they ask me, “Where is Yahweh’s word? Let it be fulfilled now.”
16 And I am not troubled, following thee for my pastor, and I have not desired the day of man, thou knowest. That which went out of my lips, hath been right in thy sight.
16 As for me, I have not hurried from being a shepherd after you. I haven’t desired the woeful day. You know. That which came out of my lips was before your face.
17 Be not thou a terror unto me, thou art my hope in the day of affliction.
17 Don’t be a terror to me. You are my refuge in the day of evil.
18 Let them be confounded that persecute me, and let not me be confounded: let them be afraid, and let not me be afraid: bring upon them the day of affliction, and with a double destruction, destroy them.
18 Let them be disappointed who persecute me, but don’t let me be disappointed. Let them be dismayed, but don’t let me be dismayed. Bring on them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.
19 Thus saith the Lord to me: Go, and stand in the gate of the children of the people, by which the kings of Juda come in, and go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem:
19 Yahweh said this to me: “Go and stand in the gate of the children of the people, through which the kings of Judah come in and by which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem.
20 And thou shalt say to them: Hear the word of the Lord, ye kings of Juda, and all Juda, and all the inhabitant of Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates.
20 Tell them, ‘Hear Yahweh’s word, you kings of Judah, all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates:
21 Thus saith the Lord: Take heed to your souls and carry no burdens on the Sabbath day: and bring them not in by the gates of Jerusalem.
21 Yahweh says, “Be careful, and bear no burden on the Sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem.
22 And do not bring burdens out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do ye any work: sanctify the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers.
22 Don’t carry a burden out of your houses on the Sabbath day. Don’t do any work, but make the Sabbath day holy, as I commanded your fathers.
23 But they did not hear, nor incline their ear: but hardened their neck, that they might not hear me, and might not receive instruction.
23 But they didn’t listen. They didn’t turn their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, and might not receive instruction.
24 And it shall come to pass: if you will hearken to me, saith the Lord, to bring in no burdens by the gates of this city on the sabbath day: and if you will sanctify the sabbath day, to do no work therein:
24 It will happen, if you diligently listen to me,” says Yahweh, “to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, but to make the Sabbath day holy, to do no work therein;
25 Then shall there enter in by the gates of this city kings and princes, sitting upon the throne of David, and riding in chariots and on horses, they and their princes, the men of Juda, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: and this city shall be inhabited forever.
25 then there will enter in by the gates of this city kings and princes sitting on David’s throne, riding in chariots and on horses, they and their princes, the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and this city will remain forever.
26 And they shall come from the cities of Juda, and from the places round about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the plains, and from the mountains, and from the south, bringing holocausts, and victims, and sacrifices, and frankincense, and they shall bring in an offering into the house of the Lord.
26 They will come from the cities of Judah, and from the places around Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin, from the lowland, from the hill country, and from the South, bringing burnt offerings, sacrifices, meal offerings, and frankincense, and bringing sacrifices of thanksgiving to Yahweh’s house.
27 But if you will not hearken to me, to sanctify the sabbath day, and not to carry burdens, and not to bring them in by the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day: I will kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the houses of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.
27 But if you will not listen to me to make the Sabbath day holy, and not to bear a burden and enter in at the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle a fire in its gates, and it will devour the palaces of Jerusalem. It will not be quenched.”’”
Cross references (27)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Proverbs 3:3; 2 Corinthians 3:3; Proverbs 7:3; Leviticus 4:25; Job 19:23–24
- 2 2 Chronicles 24:18; Jeremiah 2:20; Judges 3:7; 2 Chronicles 33:3; Isaiah 17:8
- 3 Jeremiah 15:13; Jeremiah 26:18; 2 Kings 24:13; Isaiah 39:4–6; Ezekiel 6:3
- 4 Jeremiah 15:14; Lamentations 5:2; Isaiah 5:25; Jeremiah 7:20; Mark 9:43–49
- 5 Psalm 118:8–9; Psalm 146:3–4; Isaiah 2:22; 2 Chronicles 32:8; Isaiah 31:1–9
- 6 Job 20:17; Psalm 1:4; Deuteronomy 29:23; Job 39:6; Jeremiah 48:6
- 7 Isaiah 26:3–4; Psalm 34:8; Psalm 40:4; Psalm 125:1; Isaiah 30:18
- 8 Psalm 1:3; Isaiah 58:11; Ezekiel 47:12; Ezekiel 31:4–10; Psalm 92:10–15
- 9 Mark 7:21–22; Matthew 15:19; Ecclesiastes 9:3; Proverbs 28:26; Hebrews 3:12
- 10 1 Samuel 16:7; Romans 8:27; Jeremiah 11:20; Revelation 2:23; Hebrews 4:12–13
- 11 Proverbs 28:20; Proverbs 21:6; Jeremiah 22:17; Jeremiah 22:13; Proverbs 15:27
- 12 Psalm 96:6; Jeremiah 3:17; Ezekiel 43:7; Ezekiel 1:26; Jeremiah 14:21
- 13 Revelation 7:17; John 4:14; John 7:37–38; John 4:10; Revelation 22:1
- 14 Psalm 6:2; Deuteronomy 32:39; Psalm 106:47; Psalm 6:4; Luke 4:18
- 15 Isaiah 5:19; Ezekiel 12:22; Jeremiah 20:7–8; Ezekiel 12:27–28; Amos 5:18
- 16 Acts 20:27; Jeremiah 4:19–20; Acts 20:20; Romans 9:1–3; Ezekiel 33:7–9
- 17 Nahum 1:7; Jeremiah 16:19; Psalm 59:16; Psalm 88:15–16; Job 31:23
- 18 Psalm 35:4; Psalm 40:14; Psalm 25:2–3; Psalm 83:17–18; Jeremiah 20:11
- 19 Jeremiah 7:2; Jeremiah 26:2; Acts 5:20; Jeremiah 36:10; Jeremiah 36:6
- 20 Jeremiah 19:3; Jeremiah 22:2; Ezekiel 2:7; Psalm 49:1–2; Micah 3:1
- 21 Nehemiah 13:15–21; Numbers 15:32–36; John 5:9–12; Deuteronomy 4:15; Deuteronomy 4:9
- 22 Ezekiel 20:12; Exodus 20:8–10; Isaiah 56:2–6; Isaiah 58:13; Deuteronomy 5:12–15
- 23 Proverbs 29:1; Acts 7:51; Jeremiah 19:15; Jeremiah 11:10; Jeremiah 7:24–26
- 24 Deuteronomy 11:13; Jeremiah 17:21–22; 2 Peter 1:5–10; Exodus 15:26; Isaiah 21:7
- 25 Jeremiah 22:4; Isaiah 9:7; Jeremiah 33:15; Jeremiah 33:17; Jeremiah 33:21
- 26 Jeremiah 32:44; Jeremiah 33:13; Zechariah 7:7; Psalm 107:22; Psalm 116:17
- 27 2 Kings 25:9; Jeremiah 7:20; Jeremiah 21:14; Ezekiel 22:8; Amos 1:14
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