Jeremiah 17:6
And he shall be as the wild tamarisk in the desert: he shall not see when good comes; but he shall dwell in barren places, and in the wilderness, in a salt land which is not inhabited.
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7But blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord shall be.
Cross References
Judges 9:45And Abimelech fought against the city all that day, and took the city, and slew the people that were in it, and destroyed the city, and sowed it with salt.
2 Kings 7:19And the officer answered Elisha, and said, Behold, if the Lord makes floodgates in heaven, shall this thing be? and Elisha said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not eat thereof.
Job 15:30Neither shall he in anywise escape the darkness: 1 Let the wind blast his blossom, 1 And let his flower fall off. 1
Job 39:6Whereas I made his habitation the wilderness, 1 And the salt land his coverts. 1
Isaiah 1:30For they shall be as a turpentine tree that has cast its leaves, and as a garden that has 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 →