Jeremiah 17:5-8
World English Bible
5 Yahweh says:
“Cursed is the man who trusts in man,
relies on strength of flesh,
and whose heart departs from Yahweh.
6 For he will be like a bush in the desert,
and will not see when good comes,
but will inhabit the parched places in the wilderness,
an uninhabited salt land.
7 “Blessed is the man who trusts in Yahweh,
and whose confidence is in Yahweh.
8 For he will be as a tree planted by the waters,
who spreads out its roots by the river,
and will not fear when heat comes,
but its leaf will be green,
and will not be concerned in the year of drought.
It won’t cease from yielding fruit.
Jeremiah 17:5-8
Lexham English Bible
The One Who Trusts in Humankind Contrasted With the One Who Trusts in Yahweh
5 Thus says Yahweh,
“Cursed is the person who trusts in humankind
and makes flesh his strength,[a]
and turns aside his heart from Yahweh.
6 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.
7 Blessed be the person who trusts in Yahweh,
and Yahweh is his trust.
8 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.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 17:5 Literally “arm”
- Jeremiah 17:6 Or “Arabah”
- Jeremiah 17:6 Or “wilderness”
- Jeremiah 17:6 Hebrew “salt flat”
- Jeremiah 17:8 Hebrew “leaf”
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