Jeremiah 17:5-10
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Curse and Blessing
5 This is what the Lord says:
The man who trusts in mankind,(A)
who makes human flesh his strength(B)
and turns his heart from the Lord is cursed.
6 He will be like a juniper in the Arabah;(C)
he cannot see when good comes
but dwells in the parched places in the wilderness,
in a salt land where no one lives.(D)
7 The man who trusts in the Lord,
whose confidence indeed is the Lord, is blessed.(E)
8 He will be like a tree planted by water:(F)
it sends its roots out toward a stream,
it doesn’t fear when heat comes,
and its foliage remains green.
It will not worry in a year of drought
or cease producing fruit.
The Deceitful Heart
9 The heart is more deceitful than anything else,
and incurable—who can understand it?(G)
10 I, Yahweh, examine the mind,
I test the heart[a](H)
to give to each according to his way,
according to what his actions deserve.(I)
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 17:10 Lit kidneys
Jeremiah 17:1-4
Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Persistent Sin of Judah
17 The sin of Judah is written
with an iron stylus.(A)
With a diamond point
it is engraved on the tablet of their hearts(B)
and on the horns of their[a] altars,
2 while their children remember their altars
and their Asherah poles, by the green trees
on the high hills—
3 My mountains in the countryside.
I will give up your wealth
and all your treasures as plunder
because of the sin of your high places[b]
in all your borders.(C)
4 You will, on your own, relinquish your inheritance
that I gave you.
I will make you serve your enemies
in a land you do not know,(D)
for you have set My anger on fire;(E)
it will burn forever.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 17:1 Some Hb mss, Syr, Vg; other Hb mss read your
- Jeremiah 17:3 Lit plunder, your high places because of sin
Jeremiah 11:18-23
Holman Christian Standard Bible
18 The Lord informed me, so I knew.
Then You helped me to see their deeds,
19 for I was like a docile[a] lamb led to slaughter.(A)
I didn’t know that they had devised plots against me:
“Let’s destroy the tree with its fruit;[b]
let’s cut him off from the land of the living(B)
so that his name will no longer be remembered.”
20 But, Lord of Hosts, who judges righteously,
who tests(C) heart[c] and mind,(D)
let me see Your vengeance on them,
for I have presented my case to You.(E)
21 Therefore, here is what the Lord says concerning the people of Anathoth(F) who want to take your life. They warn, “You must not prophesy in the name of Yahweh, or you will certainly die at our hand.” 22 Therefore, this is what the Lord of Hosts says: “I am about to punish them. The young men will die by the sword; their sons and daughters will die by famine.(G) 23 They will have no remnant, for I will bring disaster on the people of Anathoth(H) in the year of their punishment.”
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Jeremiah 11:19 Or pet
- Jeremiah 11:19 Lit bread
- Jeremiah 11:20 Lit kidneys
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