5Thus says the LORD; “Cursed is anyone that trusts in man, and relies on mere flesh, and whose heart turns from the LORD. 6For he shall be like a stunted shrub in the parched desert, with no hope of prospering, but shall live in the wilderness, in a desolate salt land. 7But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, and whose confidence is in the LORD. 8For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, that spreads its roots out by the river, and shall not suffer when heat comes; its leaf shall be green; and shall not worry in the year of drought, nor fail to yield its fruit.

9The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can understand it? 10I, the LORD, search the heart, I test the conscience, in order to reward every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.

11As a partridge that sits on another’s eggs, which do not hatch, so is he that gains riches by unjust means: he shall leave them in mid-life, and at his end shall prove to be a fool.

12A glorious throne, exalted from the beginning, is the place of our sanctuary. 13O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who forsake You shall be ashamed, and they who depart from You shall be buried in the dust, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.

14Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved; for You alone do I praise. 15Behold, they scoff at me, saying “Where is the word of the LORD? Let it be fulfilled now.” 16As for me, I have not run from being Your shepherd; nor have I urged You to send disaster. You know all that came out of my lips was open before You. 17Do not be a terror to me; You are my hope and refuge in the day of evil. 18Let my persecutors be confounded; but do not let me be confounded; let them be dismayed, but do not let me be dismayed; bring upon them the day of disaster, and destroy them with double destruction.

19Thus said the LORD to me, “Go and stand in the gate of the people, through which the kings of Judah come in and out, and in all the other gates of Jerusalem, 20And say to them, “Hear the word of the LORD, you kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, who enter in by these gates. 21Thus says the LORD; “Take heed to not bear any burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem; 22Nor carry a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, nor do you any work, but observe the sabbath day as I commanded your fathers.” 23Yet they did not obey, nor pay attention, but stiffened their neck, so that they might not hear, nor receive instruction. “If you diligently listen 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 in it, 25Then shall there enter into the gates of this city kings and officials sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they, and their officials, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and this city shall remain forever. 26And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places around Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin, from the Arabah, from the mountains, and from the Negev, bringing burnt offerings, sacrifices, meal offerings, and incense, and sacrifices of praise, unto the house of the LORD. 27But if you will not obey Me, to hallow the sabbath day, and not bear a burden when entering the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day, then I will kindle an unquenchable fire in its gates, which shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.”