1. The sin of Judah is writtenwith an iron stylus,Engraved with a diamond pointupon the tablets of their hearts,And the horns of their altars,
2. when their children remember their altars and their asherahs, beside the green trees, on the high hills,
3. the peaks in the country.Your wealth and all your treasuresI give as plunder,As payment for all your sinsthroughout your territory,
4. You will relinquish your hold on your heritagewhich I have given you.I will enslave you to your enemiesin a land you do not know:For a fire has broken out from my anger,burning forever.
5. Thus says the Lord:Cursed is the man who trusts in human beings,who makes flesh his strength,whose heart turns away from the Lord.
6. He is like a barren bush in the wastelandthat enjoys no change of season,But stands in lava beds in the wilderness,a land, salty and uninhabited.
7. Blessed are those who trust in the Lord;the Lord will be their trust.