## Jeremiah Chapter 17

###### Jeremiah 17:1
[Jeremiah 17:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/17:1)

חַטַּ֣את יְהוּדָ֗ה כְּתוּבָ֛ה בְּעֵ֥ט בַּרְזֶ֖ל בְּצִפֹּ֣רֶן שָׁמִ֑יר חֲרוּשָׁה֙ עַל־ל֣וּחַ לִבָּ֔ם וּלְקַרְנ֖וֹת מִזְבְּחוֹתֵיכֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The sin of Yehuda is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the tablet of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars.


###### Jeremiah 17:2
[Jeremiah 17:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/17:2)

כִּזְכֹּ֤ר בְּנֵיהֶם֙ מִזְבְּחוֹתָ֔ם וַאֲשֵׁרֵיהֶ֖ם עַל־עֵ֣ץ רַעֲנָ֑ן עַ֖ל גְּבָע֥וֹת הַגְּבֹהֽוֹת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
As they remember their children so they remember their altars and their asherim by the green trees upon the high hills.


###### Jeremiah 17:3
[Jeremiah 17:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/17:3)

הֲרָרִי֙ בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה חֵילְךָ֥ כׇל־אוֹצְרוֹתֶ֖יךָ לָבַ֣ז אֶתֵּ֑ן בָּמֹתֶ֕יךָ בְּחַטָּ֖את בְּכׇל־גְּבוּלֶֽיךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
O mountain dweller in the fields, I will give thy substance and all thy treasures to the spoil; thy high places, because of sin, throughout all thy borders.


###### Jeremiah 17:4
[Jeremiah 17:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/17:4)

וְשָׁמַטְתָּ֗ה וּבְךָ֙ מִנַּחֲלָֽתְךָ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נָתַ֣תִּי לָ֔ךְ וְהַעֲבַדְתִּ֙יךָ֙ אֶת־אֹ֣יְבֶ֔יךָ בָּאָ֖רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹא־יָדָ֑עְתָּ כִּֽי־אֵ֛שׁ קְדַחְתֶּ֥ם בְּאַפִּ֖י עַד־עוֹלָ֥ם תּוּקָֽד׃{ס}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thy heritage that I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thy enemies in the land which thou knowst not: for you have kindled a fire in my anger, which shall burn for ever.


###### Jeremiah 17:5
[Jeremiah 17:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/17:5)

כֹּ֣ה**׀** אָמַ֣ר יְהֹוָ֗ה אָר֤וּר הַגֶּ֙בֶר֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִבְטַ֣ח בָּאָדָ֔ם וְשָׂ֥ם בָּשָׂ֖ר זְרֹע֑וֹ וּמִן־יְהֹוָ֖ה יָס֥וּר לִבּֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thus says the Lord; Cursed be the man who trusts in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart departs from the Lord.


###### Jeremiah 17:6
[Jeremiah 17:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/17:6)

וְהָיָה֙ כְּעַרְעָ֣ר בָּעֲרָבָ֔ה וְלֹ֥א יִרְאֶ֖ה כִּֽי־יָ֣בוֹא ט֑וֹב וְשָׁכַ֤ן חֲרֵרִים֙ בַּמִּדְבָּ֔ר אֶ֥רֶץ מְלֵחָ֖ה וְלֹ֥א תֵשֵֽׁב׃{ס}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For he shall be like the juniper tree in the desert, and shall not see when good comes; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, a salt land and not inhabited.


###### Jeremiah 17:7
[Jeremiah 17:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/17:7)

בָּר֣וּךְ הַגֶּ֔בֶר אֲשֶׁ֥ר יִבְטַ֖ח בַּיהֹוָ֑ה וְהָיָ֥ה יְהֹוָ֖ה מִבְטַחֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.


###### Jeremiah 17:8
[Jeremiah 17:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/17:8)

וְהָיָ֞ה כְּעֵ֣ץ**׀** שָׁת֣וּל עַל־מַ֗יִם וְעַל־יוּבַל֙ יְשַׁלַּ֣ח שׇׁרָשָׁ֔יו וְלֹ֤א (ירא) [יִרְאֶה֙] כִּי־יָ֣בֹא חֹ֔ם וְהָיָ֥ה עָלֵ֖הוּ רַעֲנָ֑ן וּבִשְׁנַ֤ת בַּצֹּ֙רֶת֙ לֹ֣א יִדְאָ֔ג וְלֹ֥א יָמִ֖ישׁ מֵעֲשׂ֥וֹת פֶּֽרִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, and that spreads out its roots by the river, and shall not see when the heat comes, but its leaf shall be green; and shall not be anxious in the year of drought, nor shall it cease from yielding fruit.


###### Jeremiah 17:9
[Jeremiah 17:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/17:9)

עָקֹ֥ב הַלֵּ֛ב מִכֹּ֖ל וְאָנֻ֣שׁ ה֑וּא מִ֖י יֵדָעֶֽנּוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The heart is deceitful above all things, and grievously weak: who can know it?


###### Jeremiah 17:10
[Jeremiah 17:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/17:10)

אֲנִ֧י יְהֹוָ֛ה חֹקֵ֥ר לֵ֖ב בֹּחֵ֣ן כְּלָי֑וֹת וְלָתֵ֤ת לְאִישׁ֙ כִּדְרָכָ֔ו כִּפְרִ֖י מַעֲלָלָֽיו׃{ס}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I, the Lord, search the heart, I try the inward parts, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.


###### Jeremiah 17:11
[Jeremiah 17:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/17:11)

קֹרֵ֤א דָגַר֙ וְלֹ֣א יָלָ֔ד עֹ֥שֶׂה עֹ֖שֶׁר וְלֹ֣א בְמִשְׁפָּ֑ט בַּחֲצִ֤י יָמָו֙ יַעַזְבֶ֔נּוּ וּבְאַחֲרִית֖וֹ יִהְיֶ֥ה נָבָֽל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
As the partridge sits on eggs, but hatches them not; so is he that gets riches, and not by right; he shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.


###### Jeremiah 17:12
[Jeremiah 17:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/17:12)

כִּסֵּ֣א כָב֔וֹד מָר֖וֹם מֵרִאשׁ֑וֹן מְק֖וֹם מִקְדָּשֵֽׁנוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
A glorious throne exalted from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary.


###### Jeremiah 17:13
[Jeremiah 17:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/17:13)

מִקְוֵ֤ה יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ יְהֹוָ֔ה כׇּל־עֹזְבֶ֖יךָ יֵבֹ֑שׁוּ (יסורי) [וְסוּרַי֙] בָּאָ֣רֶץ יִכָּתֵ֔בוּ כִּ֥י עָזְב֛וּ מְק֥וֹר מַֽיִם־חַיִּ֖ים אֶת־יְהֹוָֽה׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
O Lord, the hope of Yisra᾽el, all that forsake Thee shall be ashamed, and they who depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the Lord, the fountain of living waters.


###### Jeremiah 17:14
[Jeremiah 17:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/17:14)

רְפָאֵ֤נִי יְהֹוָה֙ וְאֵ֣רָפֵ֔א הוֹשִׁיעֵ֖נִי וְאִוָּשֵׁ֑עָה כִּ֥י תְהִלָּתִ֖י אָֽתָּה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for Thou art my praise.


###### Jeremiah 17:15
[Jeremiah 17:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/17:15)

הִנֵּה־הֵ֕מָּה אֹמְרִ֖ים אֵלָ֑י אַיֵּ֥ה דְבַר־יְהֹוָ֖ה יָ֥בוֹא נָֽא׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Behold, they say to me, Where is the word of the Lord? let it come now.


###### Jeremiah 17:16
[Jeremiah 17:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/17:16)

וַאֲנִ֞י לֹא־אַ֣צְתִּי**׀** מֵרֹעֶ֣ה אַחֲרֶ֗יךָ וְי֥וֹם אָנ֛וּשׁ לֹ֥א הִתְאַוֵּ֖יתִי אַתָּ֣ה יָדָ֑עְתָּ מוֹצָ֣א שְׂפָתַ֔י נֹ֥כַח פָּנֶ֖יךָ הָיָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
As for me, I did not hasten to be a shepherd to follow Thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; Thou knowst: that which came out of my lips was before Thee.


###### Jeremiah 17:17
[Jeremiah 17:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/17:17)

אַל־תִּֽהְיֵה־לִ֖י לִמְחִתָּ֑ה מַחֲסִי־אַ֖תָּה בְּי֥וֹם רָעָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Be not a terror to me: Thou art my hope in the day of evil.


###### Jeremiah 17:18
[Jeremiah 17:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/17:18)

יֵבֹ֤שׁוּ רֹֽדְפַי֙ וְאַל־אֵבֹ֣שָׁה אָ֔נִי יֵחַ֣תּוּ הֵ֔מָּה וְאַל־אֵחַ֖תָּה אָ֑נִי הָבִ֤יא עֲלֵיהֶם֙ י֣וֹם רָעָ֔ה וּמִשְׁנֶ֥ה שִׁבָּר֖וֹן שׇׁבְרֵֽם׃{ס}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let me not be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let me not be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.


###### Jeremiah 17:19
[Jeremiah 17:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/17:19)

כֹּה־אָמַ֨ר יְהֹוָ֜ה אֵלַ֗י הָלֹ֤ךְ וְעָֽמַדְתָּ֙ בְּשַׁ֣עַר בְּנֵֽי־[הָעָ֔ם] (עם) אֲשֶׁ֨ר יָבֹ֤אוּ בוֹ֙ מַלְכֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה וַאֲשֶׁ֖ר יֵ֣צְאוּ ב֑וֹ וּבְכֹ֖ל שַׁעֲרֵ֥י יְרוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thus said the Lord to me; Go and stand in the gate of the children of the people, by which the kings of Yehuda come in, and by which they go out, and in all the gates of Yerushalayim:


###### Jeremiah 17:20
[Jeremiah 17:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/17:20)

וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ אֲ֠לֵיהֶ֠ם שִׁמְע֨וּ דְבַר־יְהֹוָ֜ה מַלְכֵ֤י יְהוּדָה֙ וְכׇל־יְהוּדָ֔ה וְכֹ֖ל יֹשְׁבֵ֣י יְרוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם הַבָּאִ֖ים בַּשְּׁעָרִ֥ים הָאֵֽלֶּה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and say to them, Hear the word of the Lord, you kings of Yehuda, and all Yehuda, and all the inhabitants of Yerushalayim, that enter in by these gates:


###### Jeremiah 17:21
[Jeremiah 17:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/17:21)

כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהֹוָ֔ה הִשָּׁמְר֖וּ בְּנַפְשׁוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם וְאַל־תִּשְׂא֤וּ מַשָּׂא֙ בְּי֣וֹם הַשַּׁבָּ֔ת וַהֲבֵאתֶ֖ם בְּשַׁעֲרֵ֥י יְרֽוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
thus says the Lord; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Yerushalayim;


###### Jeremiah 17:22
[Jeremiah 17:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/17:22)

וְלֹא־תוֹצִ֨יאוּ מַשָּׂ֤א מִבָּֽתֵּיכֶם֙ בְּי֣וֹם הַשַּׁבָּ֔ת וְכׇל־מְלָאכָ֖ה לֹ֣א תַעֲשׂ֑וּ וְקִדַּשְׁתֶּם֙ אֶת־י֣וֹם הַשַּׁבָּ֔ת כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוִּ֖יתִי אֶת־אֲבוֹתֵיכֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do any work, but hallow the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers.


###### Jeremiah 17:23
[Jeremiah 17:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/17:23)

וְלֹ֣א שָׁמְע֔וּ וְלֹ֥א הִטּ֖וּ אֶת־אׇזְנָ֑ם וַיַּקְשׁוּ֙ אֶת־עׇרְפָּ֔ם לְבִלְתִּ֣י (שומע) [שְׁמ֔וֹעַ] וּלְבִלְתִּ֖י קַ֥חַת מוּסָֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.


###### Jeremiah 17:24
[Jeremiah 17:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/17:24)

וְ֠הָיָ֠ה אִם־שָׁמֹ֨עַ תִּשְׁמְע֤וּן אֵלַי֙ נְאֻם־יְהֹוָ֔ה לְבִלְתִּ֣י**׀** הָבִ֣יא מַשָּׂ֗א בְּשַׁעֲרֵ֛י הָעִ֥יר הַזֹּ֖את בְּי֣וֹם הַשַּׁבָּ֑ת וּלְקַדֵּשׁ֙ אֶת־י֣וֹם הַשַּׁבָּ֔ת לְבִלְתִּ֥י עֲשֽׂוֹת־בֹּ֖ה כׇּל־מְלָאכָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And it shall come to pass, if you diligently hearken to me, says 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 on it;


###### Jeremiah 17:25
[Jeremiah 17:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/17:25)

וּבָ֣אוּ בְשַׁעֲרֵ֣י הָעִ֣יר הַזֹּ֡את מְלָכִ֣ים׀וְשָׂרִ֡ים יֹשְׁבִים֩ עַל־כִּסֵּ֨א דָוִ֜ד רֹכְבִ֣ים**׀** בָּרֶ֣כֶב וּבַסּוּסִ֗ים הֵ֚מָּה וְשָׂ֣רֵיהֶ֔ם אִ֥ישׁ יְהוּדָ֖ה וְיֹשְׁבֵ֣י יְרוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם וְיָשְׁבָ֥ה הָעִיר־הַזֹּ֖את לְעוֹלָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
then shall there enter into the gates of this city kings and princes who sit upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they, and their princes, the men of Yehuda, and the inhabitants of Yerushalayim: and this city shall remain for ever.


###### Jeremiah 17:26
[Jeremiah 17:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/17:26)

וּבָ֣אוּ מֵעָרֵֽי־יְ֠הוּדָ֠ה וּמִסְּבִיב֨וֹת יְרוּשָׁלַ֜͏ִם וּמֵאֶ֣רֶץ בִּנְיָמִ֗ן וּמִן־הַשְּׁפֵלָ֤ה וּמִן־הָהָר֙ וּמִן־הַנֶּ֔גֶב מְבִאִ֛ים עוֹלָ֥ה וְזֶ֖בַח וּמִנְחָ֣ה וּלְבוֹנָ֑ה וּמְבִאֵ֥י תוֹדָ֖ה בֵּ֥ית יְהֹוָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And they shall come from the cities of Yehuda, and from the places about Yerushalayim, and from the land of Binyamin, and from the coastal plain, and from the mountains, and from the Negev, bringing burnt offerings, and sacrifices, and meal offerings, and incense, and bringing sacrifices of praise, to the house of the Lord.


###### Jeremiah 17:27
[Jeremiah 17:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/17:27)

וְאִם־לֹ֨א תִשְׁמְע֜וּ אֵלַ֗י לְקַדֵּשׁ֙ אֶת־י֣וֹם הַשַּׁבָּ֔ת וּלְבִלְתִּ֣י**׀** שְׂאֵ֣ת מַשָּׂ֗א וּבֹ֛א בְּשַׁעֲרֵ֥י יְרוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם בְּי֣וֹם הַשַּׁבָּ֑ת וְהִצַּ֧תִּי אֵ֣שׁ בִּשְׁעָרֶ֗יהָ וְאָ֥כְלָ֛ה אַרְמְנ֥וֹת יְרוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם וְלֹ֥א תִכְבֶּֽה׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But if you will not hearken to me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, and if you enter in at the gates of Yerushalayim on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in its gates, and it shall devour the palaces of Yerushalayim, and it shall not be quenched.