The Lord Will Reward Us By Our Deeds, Jeremiah 16-17.

Jeremiah 16:19-21 Jeremiah 17:2, 4-5, 7, 10 Even their children remember their altars and their poles dedicated to the goddess Asherah beside large trees on high hills You will lose the inheritance that I gave you. I will make you serve your enemies in a land that you haven’t heard of. I will do this because you have stirred up the fire of my anger. It will burn forever. “This is what the Lord says: Cursed is the person who trusts humans, who makes flesh and blood his strength and whose heart turns away from the Lord. Blessed is the person who trusts the Lord. The Lord will be his confidence. I, the Lord, search minds and test hearts. I will reward each person for what he has done. I will reward him for the results of his actions. The Lord is my strength and my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble. Nations come to you from the most distant parts of the world and say, “Our ancestors have inherited lies, worthless and unprofitable gods.” “People can’t make gods for themselves. They aren’t really gods. That is what I will teach them. This time I will make my power and my strength known to them. Then they will know that my name is the Lord.”