Jeremiah 17:6
For he will be like the brushwood in the upland, and will not see when good comes; but his living-place will be in the dry places in the waste land, in a salt and unpeopled land.
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7A blessing is on the man who puts his faith in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.
Cross References
Judges 9:45And all that day Abimelech was fighting against the town; and he took it, and put to death the people who were in it, and had the town pulled down and covered with salt.
2 Kings 7:19And that captain said to the man of God, Even if the Lord made windows in heaven, would such a thing be possible? And he said to him, Your eyes will see it, but you will not have a taste of the food.
Job 15:30He does not come out of the dark; his branches are burned by the flame, and the wind takes away his bud.
Job 39:6\39:3\They are bent down, they give birth to their young, they let loose the fruit of their body.
Psalms 92:7\92:6\A man without sense has no knowledge of this; and a foolish man may not take it in.
Isaiah 1:30For you will be like a tree whose leaves have become dry, and like a garden without water.
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 →