1 “The sin of the people of Judah is written with an iron tool.Their sins were cut with a hard point into the stone that is their hearts.Their sins were cut into the corners of their altars.
2 Even their children remembertheir altars to idols and their Asherah idolsbeside the green treesand on the high hills.
3 My mountain in the open countryand your wealth and treasuresI will give away to other people.I will give away the places of worship in your country,because you sinned by worshiping there.
4 You will lose the land I gave you,and it is your own fault.I will let your enemies take you as their slavesto a land you have never known.This is because you have made my anger burn like a hot fire,and it will burn forever.”
5 This is what the Lord says:“A curse is placed on those who trust other people,who depend on humans for strength,who have stopped trusting the Lord.
6 They are like a bush in a desertthat grows in a land where no one lives,a hot and dry land with bad soil.They don’t know about the good things God can give.
7 “But the person who trusts in the Lord will be blessed.The Lord will show him that he can be trusted.