Jeremiah 17:8
For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, that spreads out its roots by the river, and shall not fear when heat comes, but its leaf shall be green, and shall not be worried in the year of drought, nor shall cease from yieldi
A Conservative Version
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In Context
7Blessed is the man who trusts in LORD, and whose trust LORD is.
9The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt. Who can know it?
Cross References
Job 8:16He is green before the sun, and his shoots go forth over his garden.
Psalms 92:10But thou have exalted my horn like the wild ox's. I am anointed with fresh oil,
Jeremiah 14:1The word of LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought.
Ezekiel 47:12And by the river upon the bank of it, on this side and on that side, shall grow every tree for food, whose leaf shall not wither, nor shall the fruit of it fail. It shall bring forth new fruit every month, because the waters of it
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 17:6-12
True and False Confidence; Deceitfulness of the Heart; Unlawful Gains. ( b. c. 605.) 5 Thus saith the Lord ; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord . 6 For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited. 7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord , and whose hope the Lord is. 8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters,… Read the whole commentary →