11. As the partridge sits on eggs which it has not laid,so is he who gets riches, but not justly;it will forsake him in the midst of his days,and in the end he will be a fool.
12. A glorious high throne from the beginningis the place of our sanctuary.
13. O Lord, the Hope of Israel,all who forsake You will be ashamed.“Those who depart from Me in the earth will be written down,because they have forsaken the Lord,the fountain of living waters.”
14. Heal me, O Lord, and I will be healed;save me, and I will be saved,for You are my praise.
15. See how they say to me,“Where is the word of the Lord?Let it come now!”
16. As for me, I have not hurried away from being a shepherd after You,nor have I desired the woeful day;You Yourself know that which came out of my lips was in Your presence.
17. Do not be a terror to me;You are my hope in the day of disaster.
18. Let those who persecute me be humiliated,but let me not be humiliated;let them be dismayed,but let me not be dismayed.Bring upon them the day of evil,and destroy them with double destruction.
19. Thus the Lord said to me: Go and stand in the gate of the sons of the people whereby the kings of Judah come in and by which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem.
20. And say to them: Hear the word of the Lord, kings of Judah, and all Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem who enter by these gates.
21. Thus says the Lord: Take heed to yourselves, and do not bear any load on the Sabbath day nor bring anything in by the gates of Jerusalem.
22. You shall not carry a load out of your houses on the Sabbath day, nor do any work, but keep the Sabbath day holy, as I commanded your fathers.
23. But they did not obey or incline their ears, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear nor receive instruction.
24. It shall come to pass, if you diligently listen to Me, says the Lord, to bring in no load through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, but sanctify the Sabbath day to do no work in it,