Twenty-seven verses set trust in the LORD against trust in man, describe a heart called deceitful above all things, and end with a Sabbath ultimatum at Jerusalem’s gates.
Full sung version coming soon.
Lyrics
The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron With the point of a diamond it is engraved Upon the tablet of their heart And upon the horns of your altars
Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord And whose trust the Lord is For he will be as a tree planted by the waters That spreads out its roots by the river
It will not fear when heat comes But its leaf will be green It will not be anxious in the year of drought Neither will it cease from yielding fruit
The heart is deceitful above all things And it is exceedingly corrupt Who can understand it The Lord searches the heart
I the Lord search the heart I try the reins, even to give every man According to his ways According to the fruit of his doings
As a partridge that sits on eggs which she has not laid So is he who gets riches and not by justice In the midst of his days they will leave him And at his end he will be a fool
A glorious throne set on high from the beginning Is the place of our sanctuary O Lord the hope of Israel All who depart from you will be written in the earth
Because they have forsaken the Lord The fountain of living waters Heal me, O Lord, and I will be healed
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Jeremiah 17 sung by Psalm Selah. The whole Bible, one chapter at a time.