Jeremiah 17:5-18

New King James Version

^(A)“Cursed is the man who trusts in man
And makes ^(B)flesh his ^[a]strength,
Whose heart departs from the Lord.
⁶ For he shall be ^(C)like a shrub in the desert,
And ^(D)shall not see when good comes,
But shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness,
^(E)In a salt land which is not inhabited.

⁷ “Blessed^(F) is the man who trusts in the Lord,
And whose hope is the Lord.
⁸ For he shall be ^(G)like a tree planted by the waters,
Which spreads out its roots by the river,
And will not ^[b]fear when heat comes;
But its leaf will be green,
And will not be anxious in the year of drought,
Nor will cease from yielding fruit.

⁹ “The ^(H)heart is deceitful above all things,
And ^[c]desperately wicked;
Who can know it?
¹⁰ I, the Lord, ^(I)search the heart,
I test the ^[d]mind,
^(J)Even to give every man according to his ways,
According to the fruit of his doings.

¹¹ “As a partridge that ^[e]broods but does not hatch,
So is he who gets riches, but not by right;
It ^(K)will leave him in the midst of his days,
And at his end he will be ^(L)a fool.”

¹² A glorious high throne from the beginning
Is the place of our sanctuary.
¹³ O Lord, ^(M)the hope of Israel,
^(N)All who forsake You shall be ashamed.

“Those who depart from Me
Shall be ^(O)written in the earth,
Because they have forsaken the Lord,
The ^(P)fountain of living waters.”