1 The sin of Judah is writtenwith an iron stylus. With a diamond pointit is engraved on the tablet of their hearts and on the horns of their altars,
2 while their children remember their altarsand their Asherah poles, by the green treeson the high hills —
3 My mountains in the countryside.I will give up your wealthand all your treasures as plunder because of the sin of your high places in all your borders.
4 You will, on your own, relinquish your inheritancethat I gave you.I will make you serve your enemiesin a land you do not know, for you have set My anger on fire; it will burn forever.
5 This is what the Lord says:The man who trusts in mankind, who makes human flesh his strength and turns his heart from the Lord is cursed.
6 He will be like a juniper in the Arabah; he cannot see when good comesbut dwells in the parched places in the wilderness,in a salt land where no one lives.