17:1 1 The sin of Judah is engraved with an iron chisel
on their stone-hard 2 hearts.
It is inscribed with a diamond 3 point
on the horns of their altars. 4
17:2 Their children are always thinking about 5 their 6 altars
and their sacred poles dedicated to the goddess Asherah, 7
set up beside the green trees on the high hills
17:3 and on the mountains and in the fields. 8
I will give your wealth and all your treasures away as plunder.
I will give it away as the price 9 for the sins you have committed throughout your land.
17:4 You will lose your hold on the land 10
which I gave to you as a permanent possession.
I will make you serve your enemies in a land that you know nothing about.
For you have made my anger burn like a fire that will never be put out.” 11
17:5 The Lord says,
“I will put a curse on people
who trust in mere human beings,
who depend on mere flesh and blood for their strength, 13
and whose hearts 14 have turned away from the Lord.