1. “The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron,and with the point of a diamond.It is engraved on the tablet of their heart,and on the horns of your altars.
2. Even their children remember their altarsand their Asherah poles by the green trees on the high hills.
3. My mountain in the field,I will give your substance and all your treasures for a plunder,and your high places, because of sin, throughout all your borders.
4. You, even of yourself, will discontinue from your heritage that I gave you.I will cause you to serve your enemies in the land which you don’t know,for you have kindled a fire in my anger which will burn forever.”
5. the Lord says:“Cursed is the man who trusts in man,relies on strength of flesh,and whose heart departs from the Lord.
6. For he will be like a bush in the desert,and will not see when good comes,but will inhabit the parched places in the wilderness,an uninhabited salt land.
7. “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord,and whose confidence is in the Lord.
8. For he will be as a tree planted by the waters,who spreads out its roots by the river,and will not fear when heat comes,but its leaf will be green;and will not be concerned in the year of drought.It won’t cease from yielding fruit.