Bindthem on your fingers;Writethem on the tabletof your heart.
Do not let kindnessand truthleaveyou; Bindthem aroundyour neck,Writethem on the tabletof your heart.
Do not let them departfrom your sight;Keepthem in the midstof your heart.
Bindthem continuallyon your heart;Tiethem aroundyour neck.
Sayto wisdom,"You are my sister,"And callunderstanding[your] intimatefriend;
Nowgo,writeit on a tabletbeforethem And inscribeit on a scroll,That it may servein the timeto comeAs a witness forever.
"As for Me, thisis My covenantwith them," saysthe LORD:"My Spiritwhichis upon you, and My wordswhichI have putin your mouthshall not departfrom your mouth,norfrom the mouthof your offspring,norfrom the mouthof your offspring'soffspring,"saysthe LORD,"from nowand forever."
The sinof Judahis writtendownwith an ironstylus;With a diamondpointit is engravedupon the tabletof their heartAnd on the hornsof their altars,
"But thisis the covenantwhichI will makewith the houseof Israelafterthosedays,"declaresthe LORD,"I will putMy lawwithinthem and on their heartI will writeit; and I will be their God,and they shall be My people.
being manifestedthat you are a letterof Christ,caredfor by us, writtennot with inkbut with the Spiritof the livingGod,not on tabletsof stonebut on tabletsof humanhearts.
