The Sin and Punishment of Judah
“The sin of Judah is written with an iron stylus, Pro 3:32Co 3:3Pro 7:3Lev 4:25Job 19:23-24Hos 12:11Lev 4:17-18
engraved with a diamond point
on the tablets of their hearts
and on the horns of their altars.
Even their children remember their altars and Asherah poles 2Ch 24:18Jer 2:202Ch 33:3Isa 1:29Isa 17:8Jdg 3:72Ch 33:19Ezk 20:28
by the green trees and on the high hills.
O My mountain in the countryside, Jer 15:132Ki 24:13Jer 26:18Isa 39:4-62Ki 25:13-16Ezk 16:39Ezk 6:3Ezk 7:20-22
I will give over your wealth
and all your treasures as plunder,
because of the sin of your high places,
within all your borders.
And you yourself will relinquish Jer 15:14Lam 5:2Isa 5:25Jer 7:20Mrk 9:43-49Deu 4:26-27Isa 14:3Jer 16:13
the inheritance that I gave you.
I will enslave you to your enemies
in a land that you do not know,
for you have kindled My anger;
it will burn forever.”
This is what the LORD says: Psa 118:8-9Psa 146:3-4Isa 2:222Ch 32:8Isa 31:1-9Isa 30:1-7Isa 36:6Psa 62:9
“Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind,
who makes the flesh his strength 1
and turns his heart from the LORD.
He will be like a shrub in the desert; Job 20:17Deu 29:23Psa 1:4Jer 48:6Job 15:30-34Job 39:6Job 8:11-13Jdg 9:45
he will not see when prosperity comes.
He will dwell in the parched places of the desert,
in a salt land where no one lives.
But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, Isa 26:3-4Psa 34:8Psa 40:4Psa 125:1Isa 30:18Psa 84:12Pro 16:20Psa 146:5
whose confidence is in Him.
He is like a tree planted by the waters Psa 1:3Isa 58:11Ezk 47:12Ezk 31:4-10Psa 92:10-15Job 8:16Jer 14:1-6
that sends out its roots toward the stream.
It does not fear when the heat comes,
and its leaves are always green.
It does not worry in a year of drought,
nor does it cease to produce fruit.
The heart is deceitful above all things Mrk 7:21-22Mat 15:19Ecc 9:3Pro 28:26Heb 3:12Gen 6:5Jas 1:14-15Gen 8:21
and beyond cure.
Who can understand it?
I, the LORD, search the heart; 1Sa 16:7Rom 8:27Jer 11:20Heb 4:12-13Rev 2:23Psa 139:23-24Jer 32:19Jer 20:12
I examine the mind 2
to reward a man according to his way,
by what his deeds deserve.
Like a partridge hatching eggs it did not lay Pro 28:20Pro 21:6Jer 22:17Jer 22:13Pro 15:27Pro 28:82Pe 2:14Ecc 5:13-16
is the man who makes a fortune unjustly.
In the middle of his days his riches will desert him,
and in the end he will be the fool.”
Jeremiah’s Prayer for Deliverance
A glorious throne, exalted from the beginning, Psa 96:6Ezk 43:7Jer 3:17Ezk 1:26Jer 14:21Heb 12:2Heb 4:16Isa 6:1
is the place of our sanctuary.
O LORD, the hope of Israel, Rev 7:17Jhn 4:14Jhn 7:37-38Jhn 4:10Rev 22:1Psa 36:8-9Rev 21:6Jhn 8:6-8
all who abandon You will be put to shame.
All who turn away will be written in the dust,
for they have abandoned the LORD,
the fountain of living water.
Heal me, O LORD, and I will be healed; Psa 6:2Deu 32:39Psa 106:47Luk 4:18Psa 6:4Isa 57:18-19Deu 10:21Psa 109:1
save me, and I will be saved,
for You are my praise.
Behold, they keep saying to me, Isa 5:19Ezk 12:22Ezk 12:27-28Jer 20:7-82Pe 3:3-4Amo 5:18
“Where is the word of the LORD?
Let it come now!”
But I have not run away from being Your shepherd; Act 20:20Act 20:27Jer 4:19-202Co 1:122Co 2:17Amo 7:14-15Ezk 3:14-19Ezk 33:7-9
I have not desired the day of despair.
You know that the utterance of my lips
was spoken in Your presence.
Do not become a terror to me; Nam 1:7Jer 16:19Psa 59:16Psa 88:15-16Job 31:23Jer 17:13Jer 17:7Psa 41:1
You are my refuge in the day of disaster.
Let my persecutors be put to shame, Psa 35:4Psa 40:14Psa 25:2-3Psa 83:17-18Jer 11:20Jer 20:11Psa 35:8Jer 16:18
but do not let me be put to shame.
Let them be terrified,
but do not let me be terrified.
Bring upon them the day of disaster
and shatter them with double destruction.
Restoring the Sabbath
(Nehemiah 13:15–22)
This is what the LORD said to me: “Go and stand at the gate of the people, through which the kings of Judah go in and out; and stand at all the other gates of Jerusalem. Jer 26:2Jer 7:2Act 5:20Jer 19:2Jer 36:10Jer 36:6Pro 1:20-22Pro 8:1
Say to them, ‘Hear the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah, all people of Judah and Jerusalem who enter through these gates. Jer 19:3Ezk 2:7Jer 22:2Psa 49:1-2Amo 4:1Ezk 3:17Hos 5:1Jer 13:18 This is what the LORD says: Take heed for yourselves; do not carry a load or bring it through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. Neh 13:15-21Num 15:32-36Jhn 5:9-12Deu 11:16Deu 4:15Deu 4:23Deu 4:9Heb 12:15-16 You must not carry a load out of your houses or do any work on the Sabbath day, but you must keep the Sabbath day holy, just as I commanded your forefathers. Ezk 20:12Exo 20:8-10Isa 56:2-6Isa 58:13Deu 5:12-15Exo 16:23-29Exo 23:12Exo 31:13-17 Yet they would not listen or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and would not listen or receive My discipline. Pro 29:1Act 7:51Jer 11:10Jer 19:15Jer 7:24-26Ezk 20:21Isa 48:4Jer 32:33
If, however, you listen carefully to Me, says the LORD, and bring no load through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, and keep the Sabbath day holy, and do no work on it, Deu 11:13Jer 17:21-222Pe 1:5-10Exo 15:26Deu 11:22Isa 21:7Isa 55:2Isa 58:13-14 then kings and princes will enter through the gates of this city. They will sit on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses with their officials, along with the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem, and this city will be inhabited forever. Jer 22:4Isa 9:72Sa 7:16Heb 12:22Jer 33:15Jer 33:17Jer 33:211Ki 9:4-5 And people will come from the cities of Judah and the places around Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin, and from the foothills, 3 the hill country, and the Negev, bringing burnt offerings and sacrifices, grain offerings and frankincense, and thank offerings to the house of the LORD. Jer 32:44Jer 33:13Zec 7:7Psa 107:22Jer 33:11Psa 116:171Pe 2:51Pe 2:9-10
But if you do not listen to Me to keep the Sabbath day holy by not carrying a load while entering the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle an unquenchable fire in its gates to consume the citadels of Jerusalem.’” 2Ki 25:9Jer 7:20Jer 21:14Amo 1:14Amo 2:4-5Ezk 22:8Jer 52:13Lam 4:11