Jeremiah 17:5-13
Legacy Standard Bible
5 Thus says Yahweh,
“(A)Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind
And makes (B)flesh his [a]strength,
And whose heart turns away from Yahweh.
6 And he will be like a (C)juniper in the desert
And will not see when prosperity comes,
But will dwell in stony wastes in the wilderness,
A (D)land of salt [b]which is not inhabited.
7 (E)Blessed is the man who trusts in Yahweh
And whose (F)trust is Yahweh.
8 And he will be like a (G)tree planted by the water,
That sends forth its roots by a stream
And will not fear when the heat comes;
But its leaves will be green,
And it will not be anxious in a year of (H)drought
Nor refrain from yielding fruit.
9 “The (I)heart is more (J)deceitful than all else
And is [c]desperately (K)sick;
Who can know it?
10 I, Yahweh, (L)search the heart;
I test the [d]inmost being,
Even (M)to give to each man according to his ways,
According to the fruit of his deeds.
11 As a partridge that hatches eggs which it has not laid,
So is he who (N)makes a fortune, but unjustly;
In the midst of his days it will forsake him,
And in [e]the end he will be a (O)wicked fool.”
12 (P)A glorious throne on high from the beginning
Is the place of our sanctuary.
13 O Yahweh, the (Q)hope of Israel,
All who (R)forsake You will be put to shame.
Those who turn [f]away on earth will be (S)written down
Because they have forsaken the fountain of living water, even Yahweh.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 17:5 Lit arm
- Jeremiah 17:6 Lit and is not inhabited
- Jeremiah 17:9 Or incurably
- Jeremiah 17:10 Lit kidneys
- Jeremiah 17:11 Lit his
- Jeremiah 17:13 Lit away from Me
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