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. 7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is. 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.
9 ¶ The heart is deceitful above all things , and desperately wicked: who can know it? 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.
12 ¶ A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary. 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. 14 Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.
15 ¶ Behold, they say unto me, Where is the word of the LORD? let it come now. 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. 17 Be not a terror unto me: thou art my hope in the day of evil. 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. 27 But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.
Jūdas ļaunprātīgā sirds
1 Jūdas grēks ir ierakstīts
ar dzelzs spalvu,
ar dimanta grebli iegrebts
uz viņu sirds plāksnēm
un uz jūsu altāru ragiem,
2 kamēr vien viņu dēli piemin
savus altārus un ašēras –
zem katra zaļoksna koka
un uz pakalnu pakalniem!
3 “Mans laukvidus kalns!
Tavus labumus un tavus dārgumus
es atdošu laupīt
un tavus pakalnus grūdīšu grēkā
visur, kur vien tu esi!
4 Rokas tu atlaidīsi
no sava īpašuma,
ko es tev devu,
tavi naidnieki kalpinās tevi
zemē, kuru tu nepazīsti,
jo manās dusmās tu uguni dedzi,
mūžam tā degs!”
5 Tā saka Kungs:
“Nolādēts vīrs, kas uz cilvēku paļaujas,
miesu par savu spēku tur
un novērš sirdi no Kunga!
6 Tāds ir kā tuksneša ērkšķis,
neredzēs labu –
mitīs tuksneša degzemē,
sāļainē, kur neviens nemīt.
7 Svētīts vīrs,
kas uzticas Kungam,
Kungs būs viņa uzticība!
8 Tas būs kā koks,
pie ūdeņiem stādīts,
pie straumēm stieps savas saknes,
tam lapotne zaļos
un sausuma gads paies bez rūpēm,
tas nestās dot augļus.”
9 Sirds pieviļ un sirgst!
Kas zina?!
10 “Es – Kungs,
es caurskatu prātus,
es pārbaudu sirdis
un dodu ikvienam pēc viņa augļiem,
pēc viņa darba augļiem!”
11 Kā irbe perē olas,
ko dējusi nav,
tā bagātais netaisni mantu rauš, –
viņa dienas apstāsies pusē,
viņš nāves cisās būs nelga!
12 Tu jau no sākumiem esi
visaugstais goda tronis,
mūsu svētnīcas vieta,
13 Israēla cerība – Kungs!
Visi, kas tevi atmet,
paliks kaunā,
kas novēršas –
piederēs zemei,
jo pametuši dzīvā ūdens avotu – Kungu!
Jeremijas lūgšana pēc aizstāvības
14 Dziedini mani, Kungs,
un es būšu dziedēts,
glāb mani, un es būšu glābts,
jo tu esi mana slava!
15 Redzi, viņi man saka:
“Kur Kunga vārds?
Lai nāk!”
16 Es nevairījos tev sekot!
Sērgas es nekāroju!
Tu zināji, kas nāk no manas mutes –
tas bija tev atklāts!
17 Nepazudini mani,
tu esi mans patvērums ļaunā dienā!
18 Lai mani vajātāji paliek kaunā –
bet ne es!
Satriec viņus, bet ne mani!
Nes viņiem ļaunu dienu,
ar divkāršu nīcību nīcini tos!
Svētījiet sabatu!
19 Tā man teica Kungs: “Ej un nostājies Tautas dēlu vārtos, pa kuriem nāk Jūdas ķēniņi un pa kuriem tie iet, un visos Jeruzālemes vārtos! 20 Un saki tiem: klausieties Kunga vārdu, Jūdas ķēniņi un visa Jūda, un visi, kas vien Jeruzālemē mītat un kas pa šiem vārtiem nākat!”
21 Tā saka Kungs: “Piesargiet savu dzīvību! Nenesiet sabatā nastas, neienesiet tās pa Jeruzālemes vārtiem! 22 Un neiznesiet nastas no saviem namiem sabatā, nedariet nevienu darbu un svētījiet sabatu, kā es jūsu tēviem esmu pavēlējis! 23 Bet viņi neklausījās, pat ausi nepastiepa, stūrgalvīgi tie nedz klausīja, nedz labojās!
24 Ja klausīsiet mani, saka Kungs, un pa šīs pilsētas vārtiem nenesīsiet nastas sabatā, bet svētīsiet sabata dienu, nedarīdami nekādu darbu, 25 tad pa šīs pilsētas vārtiem ienāks augstmaņi un ķēniņi, kuri sēž uz Dāvida troņa, tie brauks ar ratiem un jās zirgiem – viņi un viņu augstmaņi, Jūdas vīri un Jeruzālemes iedzīvotāji – un viņi dzīvos šai pilsētā mūžam. 26 Un nāks ļaudis no Jūdas pilsētām un no Jeruzālemes apkārtnes, un no Benjāmina zemes, un no Šefelas, un no kalniem, un no Negebas – tie nesīs sadedzināmos upurus un kaujamos upurus, vīraku un labības dāvanas Kunga namam. 27 Ja jūs mani neklausīsiet un nesvētīsiet sabata dienu, bet nesīsiet nastas un iesiet sabatā pa vārtiem, tad es tās vārtos iedegšu uguni, un tā rīs Jeruzālemes pilis, ka ne nodzēst!”
