1 “The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron;With the point of a diamond it is engravedOn the tablet of their heart,And on the horns of your altars,
2 While their children rememberTheir altars and their wooden imagesBy the green trees on the high hills.
3 O My mountain in the field,I will give as plunder your wealth, all your treasures,And your high places of sin within all your borders.
4 And you, even yourself,Shall let go of your heritage which I gave you;And I will cause you to serve your enemiesIn the land which you do not know;For you have kindled a fire in My anger which shall burn forever.”
5 Thus says the Lord:“Cursed is the man who trusts in manAnd makes flesh his strength,Whose heart departs from the Lord.
6 For he shall be like a shrub in the desert,And shall not see when good comes,But shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness,In a salt land which is not inhabited.
7 “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord,And whose hope is the Lord.