Jeremiah 17:6
He shall be like a poor wanderer in the desert, Who seeth not when good cometh, But dwelleth in the parched places of the desert, In a salt land, and uninhabited.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
7Blessed is the man who trusteth in Jehovah; Who in Jehovah placeth his hope!
Cross References
Job 15:30He shall not escape from darkness, And the flame shall dry up his branches; Yea, by the breath of His mouth shall he be taken away.
Job 39:6To whom I have given the wilderness for his house, And the barren land for his dwelling-place?
Psalms 92:7When the wicked spring up like grass, And all who practise iniquity flourish, It is but to be destroyed for ever!
Isaiah 1:30And ye shall be as a terebinth-tree whose leaves are withered, And as a garden in which is 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 →