1. “The sin of the people of Judah is written with an iron tool.Their sins were cut into stone with a hard point.That stone is their hearts.Their sins were cut into the corners of their altars.
2. Even their children remembertheir altars to idols and their Asherah idols.They remember the altars under the green treesand on the high hills.
3. They remember the altars on my mountain and in the open country.I will give your wealth and treasuresto other people.And they will destroy the places of worship in your country.You sinned by worshiping at those places.
4. You will lose the land I gave you.And it is your own fault.I will let your enemies take you as their slaves.You will be slaves in a land you have never known.This is because you have made my anger burn like a hot fire.And it will burn forever.”
5. This is what the Lord says:“A curse will be placed on those who trust other people.It will happen to those who depend on people for strength.Those are the ones who have stopped trusting the Lord.