1Judah's sin is like ink from a steel pen, carved deep in their hearts and on the altars, no cap.

2Their kids remember those altars and chill spots by the trees on the hills, fr.

3Yo, my mountain, I'm giving up all your stuff and treasures to the opps, and your high places are getting taken down, periodt.

4And you, fam, will lose the heritage I gave you; you’ll serve your enemies in a land you don’t know, 'cause you lit a fire in my anger that won’t go out.

5The Lord says, cursed is the dude who trusts in humans and relies on their own strength, whose heart dips from the Lord.

6He’s gonna be like a scrub in the desert, missing out when good vibes come; he’ll chill in dry places, in a salty land, no cap.

7Blessed is the dude who trusts in the Lord; that’s where his hope is, fr.

8He’s like a tree by the water, roots spreading out, not worried when the heat hits, leaves stay green, and he keeps producing fruit, no matter what.

9The heart is sus above all things, and wicked for real: who can figure it out?

10I, the Lord, check hearts and test motives, giving everyone what they deserve based on their actions, periodt.

11Just like a partridge chillin' on eggs that never hatch, if you stack cash the sus way, you’ll dip empty-handed and be a total fool at the end, no cap.

12A lit throne from the jump is where we vibe with the sanctuary.

13Yo Lord, our hope, everyone who ghosts you will be shook, and those who bounce will be written in dust 'cause they left the Lord, the ultimate source of living water.

14Heal me, Lord, and I’ll be straight; save me, and I’ll be saved, 'cause you're my hype.

15They be asking me, "Where’s the word of the Lord?" Like, let it drop now!

16For real, I haven’t bailed on being a pastor to chase after you; I ain’t tryna vibe with the bad days; you know my words were solid before you.

17Don’t be a nightmare for me; you’re my hope when things get rough.

18Let those who come for me be shook, but don’t let me be; let them be stressed, but not me: bring on their bad days and hit them with double trouble.

19The Lord told me straight up; go stand at the gate where the peeps roll in and out, where the kings of Judah come through, in all the gates of Jerusalem.

20And tell them, "Yo, listen up to the word of the Lord, you kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the folks in Jerusalem rollin' through these gates:"

21Yo, the Lord's saying: Pay attention, fam, and don’t carry any baggage on the Sabbath, or bring it through Jerusalem’s gates; that’s sus.

22Don’t haul out stuff from your crib on the Sabbath, no work vibes, just keep it holy like I told your ancestors, periodt.

23But they totally ignored it, didn’t wanna listen, and stiffened their necks like, "Nah fam, we’re not hearing this."

24If you actually listen to me, says the Lord, and don’t bring any burdens through this city’s gates on the Sabbath, but keep it holy, that’s the move.

25Then kings and princes are gonna roll through these gates, chillin’ on David’s throne, riding lit chariots and horses, with the homies from Judah and Jerusalem; this city’s gonna be goated forever.

26They’ll come from Judah’s towns, around Jerusalem, from Benjamin’s land, the flatlands, the hills, and the south, bringing all kinds of offerings and praise to the Lord’s house; it’s gonna be bussin’.

27But if you don’t listen to keep the Sabbath holy and chill with the burdens at Jerusalem’s gates, I’ll light a fire there that’ll wreck the palaces of Jerusalem, and it won’t go out, no cap.

1The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars;

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

3O 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.

4And 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.

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

6For 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.

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

8For 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.

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

10I 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.

11As 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.

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

13O 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.

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

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

16As 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.

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

18Let 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.

19Thus 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;

20And 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:

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

22Neither 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.

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

24And 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;

25Then 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.

26And 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.

27But 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.