Jeremiah 17:6
And he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but he shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, a salt land and not inhabited.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
7Blessed is the man that confideth in Jehovah, and whose confidence Jehovah is.
Cross References
Judges 9:45And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that were in it, and broke down the city, and sowed it with salt.
2 Kings 7:19And the captain answered the man of God and said, Behold, if Jehovah should make windows in the heavens, would such a thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
Job 15:30He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches; and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
Job 39:6Whose house I made the wilderness, and the salt plain his dwellings?
Psalms 92:7When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity flourish, it is that they may be destroyed for ever.
Isaiah 1:30For ye shall be as a terebinth whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no 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 →