Jeremiah

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. ²Even their children remember their altarsand their Asherah poles by the green trees on the high hills. ³My 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. ⁴You, 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.” ⁵the Lord says:“Cursed is the man who trusts in man,relies on strength of flesh,and whose heart departs from the Lord. ⁶For 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 is the man who trusts in the Lord,and whose confidence is in the Lord.