Jeremiah 17:1–9

The sin of Judah is written with ^aa pen of iron, and with the point of ^ba diamond: it is ^cgraven upon the table of their heart, and upon ^dthe horns of ^efyour altars; ²whilst ^ftheir children remember their altars and ^gtheir groves ^hby the green trees upon the high hills. ³O ⁱmy mountain in the field, ^jI will give thy substance and all thy treasures to the spoil, and thy high places for sin, throughout all thy borders. ⁴And thou, even thyself, shalt ^kdiscontinue from thine heritage that I gave thee; and ^lI will cause thee to serve thine enemies ^lmin the land which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, which shall burn for ever.

⁵Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be ⁿthe man that trusteth in man, and ^omaketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord. ⁶For he shall ^pbe like the ^qheath in the desert, and ^rshall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in ^sa salt land and ^tnot inhabited. ^7uBlessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose ^vhope the Lord is. ⁸For ^whe 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 ^xher leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.

^9yThe heart is ^zdeceitful above all things, and ^adesperately wicked: who can know it?