1 The captivity of Judah for her sin.
5 Trust in man is cursed;
7 in God is blessed.
9 The deceitful heart cannot deceive God.
12 The salvation of God.
15 The prophet complains of the mockers of his prophecy.
19 He is sent to renew the covenant in hallowing the sabbath.

written. Job 19:23,24

point. Heb. nail. graven. Pr 3:3 7:3 2Co 3:3

and upon. Le 4:17,18,25 Ho 12:11

2 Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills.

their children. 7:18 Ho 4:13,14

their altars. 2:20 Jud 3:7 2Ch 24:18 33:3,19 Ps 78:58 Isa 1:29 17:8 Eze 20:28

3 O my mountain in the field, I will give thy substance and all thy treasures to the spoil, and thy high places for sin, throughout all thy borders.

my. 26:18 Isa 2:2,3 La 5:17,18 Mic 3:12 4:1,2

I will. 15:13 52:15-20 2Ki 24:13 25:13-16 Isa 30:4-6 La 1:10 Eze 7:20-22

and thy. 12:12 Le 26:30 Isa 27:9 Eze 6:3 16:39 Mic 1:5-7

4 And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage that I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, which shall burn for ever.

thyself. Heb. in thyself. shalt. 16:13 25:9-11 Le 26:31-34 De 4:26,27 28:25 Jos 23:15,16 1Ki 9:7 2Ki 25:21

and I. 5:29 27:12,13 De 28:47,48 Ne 9:28 Isa 14:3

for. 7:20 15:14 De 29:26-28 32:22-25 Isa 5:25 30:33 66:24 La 1:12 Eze 20:47,48 21:31 Na 1:5,6 Mr 9:43-49

5 Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.

Cursed. Ps 62:9 118:8,9 146:3,4 Isa 2:22 30:1 31:1 36:6 Eze 29:6,7

flesh. 2Ch 32:8 Isa 31:3

whose. Ps 18:21 Isa 59:15 Eze 6:9 Ho 1:2, Heb 3:12

6 For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.

like. 48:6 Job 8:11-13 15:30-34 Ps 1:4 92:7 129:5-8 Isa 1:30

and shall. 2Ki 7:1,19,20 Joh 20:17

a salt. De 29:23 Jud 9:45 Eze 47:11 Zep 2:9

7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.

Ps 2:12 34:8 84:12 125:1 146:5 Pr 16:20 Isa 26:3,4 30:18 Eph 1:12

8 For he 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 her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.

he shall. Job 8:16 Ps 1:3 92:10-15 Isa 58:11 Eze 31:4-10 47:12

drought. or, restraint. 14:1*marg.

9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

16:12 Ge 6:5 8:21 Job 15:14-16 Ps 51:5 53:1-3 Pr 28:26 Ec 9:3 Mt 15:19 Mr 7:21,22 Heb 3:12 Jas 1:14,15

10 I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.

the Lord. 11:20 20:12 1Sa 16:7 1Ch 28:9 29:17 2Ch 6:30 Ps 7:9 Ps 139:1,2,23,24 Pr 17:3 Joh 2:25 Ro 8:27 Heb 4:12,13 Re 2:23

even. 32:19 Ps 62:12 Mt 16:27 Ro 2:6-8 Re 20:12 22:12

fruit. 21:14 32:19 Isa 3:10,11 Mic 7:13 Ro 6:21 Ga 6:7,8

11 As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.

sitteth. or gathered young which she hath not brought forth.
he that. 5:27,28 22:13,17 Pr 1:18,19 13:11 15:27 21:6 28:8,16,20,22 Isa 1:23,24 Eze 22:12,13 Ho 12:7,8 Am 3:10 8:4-6 Mic 2:1,2,9 Mic 6:10-12 7:3 Hab 2:6-12 Zep 1:9 Zec 5:4 7:9-13 Mal 3:5 Mt 23:14 1Ti 6:9 Tit 1:11 Jas 5:3-5 2Pe 2:3,14

shall leave. Ps 55:23 Pr 23:5 Ec 5:13-16

a fool. Lu 12:20

12 A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary.

3:17 14:21 2Ch 2:5,6 Ps 96:6 103:19 Isa 6:1 66:1 Eze 1:26 Eze 43:7 Mt 25:31 Heb 4:16 12:2 Re 3:21

13 O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.

the hope. 17 14:8 Ps 22:4 Joe 3:16 Ac 28:20 1Ti 1:1

all that. 2:26,27 Ps 97:7 Isa 45:16,17 65:11-14 66:5 Eze 16:63 36:32 Da 12:2

they that. 5 Ps 73:27 Pr 14:14 Isa 1:28

written. Pr 10:7 Lu 10:20 Joh 8:6-8 Re 20:15

forsaken. 2:13,17 Ps 36:8,9 Joh 4:10,14 7:37,38 Re 7:17 21:6 22:1,17

14 Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.

Heal. 31:18 De 32:39 Ps 6:2,4 12:4 Isa 6:10 57:18,19 Lu 4:18

save. 15:20 Ps 60:5 106:47 Mt 8:25 14:30

thou. De 10:21 Ps 109:1 148:14

15 Behold, they say unto me, Where is the word of the LORD? let it come now.

20:7,8 Isa 5:19 Eze 12:22,27,28 Am 5:18 2Pe 3:3,4

16 As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was right before thee.

I have. 1:4-10 20:9 Eze 3:14-19 33:7-9 Am 7:14,15 Jas 1:19 3:1

to follow thee. Heb. after thee. neither. 4:19,20 9:1 13:17 14:17-21 18:20 Ro 9:1-3

that. Ac 20:20,27 2Co 1:12 2:17

17 Be not a terror unto me: thou art my hope in the day of evil.

a terror. Job 31:23 Ps 77:2-9 88:15,16

thou. 7,13 16:19 Ps 41:1 59:16 Na 1:7 Eph 6:13

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

confounded. 20:11 Ps 35:4,26,27 40:14 70:2 83:17,18

but let not me be confounded. Ps 25:2,3 71:1

the day. 16 18:19-23

destroy them with double destruction. Heb. break them with a double breach. 11:20 14:17 16:18 Job 16:14 Re 18:6

19 Thus said the LORD unto me; Go and stand in the gate of the children of the people, whereby the kings of Judah come in, and by the which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem;

A.M. cir. 3393. B.C. 611. 7:2 19:2 26:2 36:6,10 Pr 1:20-22 8:1 9:3 Ac 5:20

20 And say unto them, Hear ye the word of the LORD, ye kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates:

13:18 19:3 22:2 Ps 49:1,2 Eze 2:7 3:17 Ho 5:1 Am 4:1 Mic 3:1 Re 2:29

21 Thus saith the LORD; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem;

Take. De 4:9,15,23 11:16 Jos 23:11 Pr 4:23 Mr 4:24 Lu 8:18 Ac 20:28 Heb 2:1-3 12:15,16

bear. 22-27 Nu 15:32-36 Ne 13:15-21 Joh 5:9-12

22 Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do ye any work, but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers.

neither do. Ge 2:2,3 Ex 16:23-29 20:8-10 23:12 31:13-17 Le 19:3 23:3 De 5:12-15 Isa 56:2-6 58:13 Eze 20:12,20,21 22:8 Lu 6:5 23:56 Re 1:10

23 But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.

they obeyed. 7:24-26 11:10 16:11,12 19:15 Isa 48:4 Eze 20:13,16,21 Zec 7:11,12 Ac 7:51

made. Pr 29:1

nor. 6:8 32:33 35:15 Ps 50:17 Pr 1:3,5 5:12 8:10 Zep 3:7 Joh 3:19-21

24 And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me, saith 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 therein;

if. Ex 15:26 De 11:13,22 Isa 21:7 55:2 Zec 6:15 2Pe 1:5-10

to bring. 21,22

but hallow. Isa 58:13,14

25 Then shall there enter into the gates of this city kings and princes sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: and this city shall remain for ever.

shall there. 22:4

sitting. 13:13 22:30 33:15,17,21 2Sa 7:16 1Ki 9:4,5 Ps 89:29-37 Ps 132:11,12 Isa 9:7 Lu 1:32,33

riding. De 17:16 1Sa 8:11 2Sa 8:4

and this. Ex 12:14 Ps 132:13,14 Heb 12:22

26 And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the plain, and from the mountains, and from the south, bringing burnt offerings, and sacrifices, and meat offerings, and incense, and bringing sacrifices of praise, unto the house of the LORD.

from the cities. 32:44 33:13 Jos 15:21

the plain. Zec 7:7

bringing burnt. Le 1:1 2:1 3:1 4:1 5:1 6:1 7:1 Ezr 3:3-6,11

sacrifices of. 33:11 Ps 107:22 116:17 Heb 13:15 1Pe 2:5,9,10 Re 1:5

27 But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.

ye will. 24 6:17 26:4-6 44:16 Isa 1:20 Zec 7:11-14 Heb 12:25

to hollow. 21,22 Eze 22:8

then. 4 21:12,14 32:29 38:21-23 49:27 De 32:22 Isa 9:18,19 La 4:11 Eze 16:41 20:47,48 Am 1:4,7,10,12,14 2:2,4,5

shall devour. 39:8 52:13 2Ki 25:9 2Ch 36:19 Am 2:5

shall not. 7:20 2Ki 22:17 Isa 1:31 Eze 20:47 Mr 9:43-48