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The One Who Trusts in Humankind Contrasted With the One Who Trusts in Yahweh

Thus says Yahweh,

“Cursed is the person who trusts in humankind
    and makes flesh his strength,[a]
    and turns aside his heart from Yahweh.
And he will be like a juniper in the wilderness,[b]
    and he will not see when good comes,
and he will dwell in the parched places in the desert,[c]
    in a land of salt flats,[d] where no one lives.
Blessed be the person who trusts in Yahweh,
    and Yahweh is his trust.
For he will be like a tree planted by water,
    and to the stream it sends its roots,
and it will not fear when heat comes,
    and its leaves[e] will be luxuriant,
and in the year of drought it will not be anxious,
    and it will not cease from the bearing of fruit.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 17:5 Literally “arm”
  2. Jeremiah 17:6 Or “Arabah”
  3. Jeremiah 17:6 Or “wilderness”
  4. Jeremiah 17:6 Hebrew “salt flat”
  5. Jeremiah 17:8 Hebrew “leaf”

This is what the Lord says:

“Cursed is the one who trusts in man,(A)
    who draws strength from mere flesh
    and whose heart turns away from the Lord.(B)
That person will be like a bush in the wastelands;
    they will not see prosperity when it comes.
They will dwell in the parched places(C) of the desert,
    in a salt(D) land where no one lives.

“But blessed(E) is the one who trusts(F) in the Lord,
    whose confidence is in him.
They will be like a tree planted by the water
    that sends out its roots by the stream.(G)
It does not fear when heat comes;
    its leaves are always green.
It has no worries in a year of drought(H)
    and never fails to bear fruit.”(I)

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