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
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