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1 The chattat Yehudah is written with an et barzel (iron pen), and with the tzipporen shamir (point of a diamond); it is engraved upon the luach (tablet) of their lev, and upon the karenot (horns) of your mizbechot (altars); 2 Whilst their banim remember their mizbechot and their asherim by the leafy trees upon the high hills. 3 O My mountain in the sadeh, I will give over thy wealth and all thy otzerot (treasures) as plunder, and thy high places for sin, throughout all thy territories. 4 And thou, even thyself, shalt let go of thine nachalah that I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine oyevim in ha'aretz which thou knowest not; for ye have kindled an eish in Mine anger, which shall burn ad-olam (forever).
5 Thus saith Hashem:
Arur (cursed) be the gever that trusteth in adam,
and maketh basar his zero'a,
and whose lev turneth away from Hashem.
6 For he shall be like the shrub in the aravah (desert),
and shall not see when tov cometh;
but shall inhabit the parched places in the midbar,
in an eretz melechah (salt land) and not inhabited.
7 Baruch hagever asher yivtach baHashem(Blessed is the man that trusteth in Hashem),
and whose mivtach (confidence)Hashem is.
8 For he shall be as an etz planted by the mayim,
and that spreadeth out her shorashim (roots) by the brook,
and shall not fear when chom (heat) cometh,
but its leaf shall be green;
and shall not be anxious in the shenat batzoret (year of drought),
neither shall cease from yielding p'ri (fruit).
9 The lev (heart, mind) akov (is deceitful) above all things,
and anush (incurable);* who can know it?
10 I, Hashem, search the lev,
I test the kelayot (kidneys),†
requiting to every ish according to his drakhim,
and according to the p'ri of his deeds.
11 As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not;
so he that getteth osher (riches), and not by mishpat,
shall leave them in the midst of his days,
and at his end shall be a naval (fool).
12 A glorious high kisse from the beginning
is the place of Mikdasheinu (our Beis HaMikdash).
13 Hashem, the Mikveh Yisroel,
all that forsake Thee shall be put to shame,
and they that turn away from Me
shall be written down in ha'aretz,
because they have forsaken Hashem,
the Makor Mayim Chayyim (Fountain of Living Waters).
14 Heal me, Hashem, and I shall be healed;
hoshi'eini (save me), and I shall be saved;
for Thou art my tehillah (praise).
15 Hinei, they say unto me:
Where is the Devar Hashem?
Let it come now.
16 As for me, I have not hastened away
from being a ro'eh (shepherd) to follow Thee;
neither did I lust for the woeful day;
Thou knowest;
that which came out of my lips was before Thee.
17 Be not a mechittah (terror) unto me;
Thou art my refuge in the Yom Ra'ah (Day of Evil, Day of Disaster, Day of Doom).
18 Let them be ashamed that persecute me,
but let not me be put to shame;
let them be dismayed,
but let not me be dismayed;
bring upon them the Yom Ra'ah,
and destroy them with mishneh (double) destruction.
19 Thus said Hashem unto me; Go and stand in the Sha'ar Bnei HaAm, whereby the melachim of Yehudah come in, and by the which they go out, and in all the Sha'arei Yerushalayim; 20 And say unto them, Hear ye the Devar Hashem, ye melachim of Yehudah, and all Yehudah, and all the inhabitants of Yerushalayim, that enter in by these she'arim (gates); 21 Thus saith Hashem: Be shomer over your nefashot, and bear no massa (burden) on Shabbos, nor bring through the Sha'arei Yerushalayim; 22 Neither carry forth a massa (burden) out of your batim (houses) on Shabbos, neither do ye any melachah (work), but keep Shabbos set apart as kodesh, just as I commanded Avoteichem. 23 But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ozen (ear), but made their stubborn neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive musar (discipline).
24 And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently pay heed unto Me, saith Hashem, to bring in no massa (burden) through the she'arim (gates) of this city on the day of Shabbos, but keep the day of Shabbos holy, to do no melachah (work) therein; 25 Then shall there enter into the she'arim (gates) of this city melachim and sarim sitting upon the kisse Dovid, riding in chariots and on susim, they, and their sarim, the Ish Yehudah, and the inhabitants of Yerushalayim; and this city shall be inhabited l'olam (forever). 26 And they shall come from the towns of Yehudah, and from the places around Yerushalayim, and from Eretz Binyamin, and from the Shephalah (Lowlands), and from the har (hill country), and from the Negev bringing olah (burnt offering), and zevach (sacrifice), and minchah (grain offering), and levonah (frankincense), and bringing todah (thank offering), unto the Bais Hashem. 27 But if ye will not pay heed unto Me to keep the day of Shabbos holy, and not to bear a massa (burden), when entering in at the She'arim of Yerushalayim on the day of Shabbos; then will I kindle an eish in the she'arim thereof, and it shall devour the fortresses of Yerushalayim, and it shall not be quenched.
* 17:9 in wickedness † 17:10 i.e., most inward parts