Jeremiah 17

1 sin Judah to write in/on/with stylus iron in/on/with fingernail thorn to plow/plot upon tablet heart their and to/for horn altar your

The sin of Judah is inscribed with an iron stylus, engraved with an adamant point, on their minds and on corners of their altars where they worship.

2 like/as to remember son: child their altar their and Asherah their upon tree luxuriant upon hill [the] high

Even their children remember to worship at their pagan altars and Asherah poles, set up by the green trees and on the high hills,

3 mountain my in/on/with land: country strength: rich your all treasure your to/for plunder to give: give high place your in/on/with sin in/on/with all border: area your

on my mountain in the fields. I will hand over your wealth and all your valuable possessions as plunder, because of the sin committed on your pagan high places inside your country.

4 and to release and in/on/with you from inheritance your which to give: give to/for you and to serve you [obj] enemy your in/on/with land: country/planet which not to know for fire to kindle in/on/with face: anger my till forever: enduring to burn

You will have to give up the land I gave you. I will have your enemies make you their slaves in an unfamiliar country for you made my anger blaze, and it will burn forever.

5 thus to say LORD to curse [the] great man which to trust in/on/with man and to set: make flesh arm his and from LORD to turn aside: turn aside heart his

This is what the Lord says: Cursed are those who put their confidence in human beings, who trust in human strength and give up relying on the Lord.

6 and to be like/as juniper in/on/with plain and not to see: see for to come (in): come good and to dwell parched in/on/with wilderness land: country/planet saltiness and not to dwell

They will be like a shrub alone in the desert that isn't even aware when good things happen. It just goes on living in the dry desert, in a salt flat that's uninhabited.

7 to bless [the] great man which to trust in/on/with LORD and to be LORD confidence his

Blessed are those who trust in the Lord, who put their confidence in him.

8 and to be like/as tree to transplant upon water and upon stream to send: depart root his and not (to see: see *QK) for to come (in): come heat and to be leaf his luxuriant and in/on/with year drought not be anxious and not to remove from to make fruit

They are like trees planted by water, sending out roots toward the stream. They don't panic when it gets hot; their leaves are always green. They don't worry during a time of drought—they go on producing fruit.

9 insidious [the] heart from all and be incurable he/she/it who? to know him

The mind is more deceptive than anything else—it's incurably sick! Who can possibly understand it?

10 I LORD to search heart to test kidney and to/for to give: give to/for man: anyone (like/as way: conduct his *QK) like/as fruit deed his

But I, the Lord, see what people are thinking. I examine their minds, so I can reward them depending on their attitudes and the way they behave.

11 partridge to gather and not to beget to make: offer riches and not in/on/with justice in/on/with half (day his *QK) to leave: forsake him and in/on/with end his to be foolish

Like a partridge hatching eggs it didn't lay is someone who makes a fortune by cheating others. Their riches will fly away at midday, and in the end they'll look like a fool.

12 throne glory height from first place sanctuary our

Our Temple is a throne of glory, raised up high from the beginning.

13 hope Israel LORD all to leave: forsake you be ashamed (and degenerate my *QK) in/on/with land: country/planet to write for to leave: forsake fountain water alive [obj] LORD

Lord, you are Israel's hope, anyone who deserts you will be disgraced. Anyone who turns their back on you will vanish like names written in the dust, for they have abandoned the Lord, the source of living water.

14 to heal me LORD and to heal to save me and to save for praise my you(m. s.)

Please heal me, Lord, and I'll be healed; save me, and I'll be saved, for you are the one I praise.

15 behold they(masc.) to say to(wards) me where? word LORD to come (in): come please

See how they keep on saying to me, “Where is the disaster that the Lord's predicted? Is it ever going to happen?”

16 and I not to hasten from to pasture after you and day be incurable not to desire you(m. s.) to know exit lips my before face your to be

But I haven't been in a hurry to give up being your shepherd. I haven't wanted the time of trouble to come. You know that whatever I said was said in front of you.

17 not to be to/for me to/for terror refuge my you(m. s.) in/on/with day distress: harm

Please don't be the one who terrifies me! You are my protection in the time of trouble.

18 be ashamed to pursue me and not be ashamed I to to be dismayed they(masc.) and not to to be dismayed I to come (in): bring upon them day distress: harm and second breaking to break them

Bring shame on my persecutors, but not on me. Terrify them, but not me, Let them experience the time of trouble, and smash them to pieces.

19 thus to say LORD to(wards) me to go: went and to stand: stand in/on/with gate son: descendant/people ([the] People's (Gate) *QK) which to come (in): come in/on/with him king Judah and which to come out: come in/on/with him and in/on/with all gate Jerusalem

This is what the Lord told me: Go and stand at the main gate of the city, the one used by kings of Judah, and do the same at all the other gates of Jerusalem.

20 and to say to(wards) them to hear: hear word LORD king Judah and all Judah and all to dwell Jerusalem [the] to come (in): come in/on/with gate [the] these

Tell them, Listen to the Lord's message, kings of Judah, and all you people of Judah and Jerusalem who come in through these gates.

21 thus to say LORD to keep: careful in/on/with soul: life your and not to lift: bear burden in/on/with day [the] Sabbath and to come (in): bring in/on/with gate Jerusalem

This is what the Lord says: Pay attention, if you value your lives! Don't carry a load on the Sabbath day, and don't bring it through the gates of Jerusalem.

22 and not to come out: send burden from house: home your in/on/with day [the] Sabbath and all work not to make: do and to consecrate: consecate [obj] day [the] Sabbath like/as as which to command [obj] father your

Don't carry a load out of your houses, and don't do any work on the Sabbath day. Keep the Sabbath day holy, just as I ordered your forefathers.

23 and not to hear: hear and not to stretch [obj] ear their and to harden [obj] neck their to/for lest (to hear: hear *QK) and to/for lest to take: recieve discipline: instruction

However, they refused to listen or pay attention. Instead they were stubborn and refused to obey or accept instruction.

24 and to be if to hear: hear to hear: hear [emph?] to(wards) me utterance LORD to/for lest to come (in): bring burden in/on/with gate [the] city [the] this in/on/with day [the] Sabbath and to/for to consecrate: consecate [obj] day [the] Sabbath to/for lest to make: do (in/on/with him *QK) all work

Listen carefully to me, says the Lord, and don't bring any load through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, and keep the Sabbath day holy, and don't do any work on it.

25 and to come (in): come in/on/with gate [the] city [the] this king and ruler to dwell upon throne David to ride in/on/with chariot and in/on/with horse they(masc.) and ruler their man: anyone Judah and to dwell Jerusalem and to dwell [the] city [the] this to/for forever: enduring

Then kings and princes will enter through the gates of this city. They will sit on the throne of David. They will ride in chariots and on horses with their officials, accompanied by the people of Judah and those living in Jerusalem, and this city will be inhabited forever.

26 and to come (in): come from city Judah and from around Jerusalem and from land: country/planet Benjamin and from [the] Shephelah and from [the] mountain: hill country and from [the] Negeb to come (in): bring burnt offering and sacrifice and offering and frankincense and to come (in): bring thanksgiving house: temple LORD

People will come from the towns of Judah and everywhere around Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin, and from the lowlands the hill country, and the Negev. They will bring burnt offerings and sacrifices, grain offerings and frankincense, and thank offerings to the Lord's Temple.

27 and if not to hear: obey to(wards) me to/for to consecrate: consecate [obj] day [the] Sabbath and to/for lest to lift: bear burden and to come (in): come in/on/with gate Jerusalem in/on/with day [the] Sabbath and to kindle fire in/on/with gate her and to eat citadel: palace Jerusalem and not to quench

But if you refuse to listen to me and keep the Sabbath day holy by not carrying a load while entering the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will set its gates alight with a fire that can't be put out, and it will burn down Jerusalem's fortresses.