The Book of the Prophet Jeremiah
Chapter 17
The
captivity of Judah comes because of sin and forsaking the Lord—Hallow
the Sabbath day; doing so will save the people; otherwise they will be
destroyed.
1 The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars;
2 Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills.
3 O my mountain in the field, I will give thy substance and all thy treasures to the spoil, and thy high places for sin, throughout all thy borders.
4 And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage that I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, which shall burn for ever.
5 ¶Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord.
6 For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.
8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
10 I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
11 As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
13 O Lord, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the Lord, the fountain of living waters.
16 As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was right before thee.
18 Let them be confounded
that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed,
but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy
them with double destruction.
19 ¶Thus said the Lord
unto me; Go and stand in the gate of the children of the people,
whereby the kings of Judah come in, and by the which they go out, and in
all the gates of Jerusalem;
20 And say unto them, Hear ye the word of the Lord, ye kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates:
21 Thus saith the Lord; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem;
22 Neither
carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do
ye any work, but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers.
23 But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.
24 And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me, saith the Lord, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath day, but hallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein;
25 Then shall there enter into the gates of this city kings
and princes sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on
horses, they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants
of Jerusalem: and this city shall remain for ever.
26 And
they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places about
Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the plain, and from
the mountains, and from the south, bringing burnt offerings, and
sacrifices, and meat offerings, and incense, and bringing sacrifices of
praise, unto the house of the Lord.
Terrific post IRAQ!
ReplyDeleteTake people like Isaiah and John the Revelator. One when viewing the King of Kings condemns himself as undone and a man of unclean lips and the other who actually walked and talked with Jesus when He was mortal basically falls down dead at His feet.
Then look at us! We had surely better get our act together before this King of Kings! In Hebrew, "Mee zay ha ka-vode?!!!" WHO is this King of Glory?
Verse 10 says it all. Yes, He tries us to see if we will allow ourselves to be led by Him and if we will submit to His will after He gives us our agency to choose the way we will go.
Verse 27 that you highlighted is what I've been speaking of much of. The Lord our God is all consuming and powerful. No one to be trifled with. "fire in the gates" that "shall not be quenched". YIKES! He can do that ya know? And NO ONE or ANYTHING can put it out until He says different! We had better know Who and What we worship and YES, we had better be about keeping the Sabbath day holy.
This is really a great post! Oh and Sarah Menet said she saw those who hallow the Sabbath Day will be spared the plagues that are to come. I think you have that in here somewhere.