Jeremiah 17:8
For he shall be as a tree that is planted by the water, which spreadeth out her rootes by the riuer, and shall not feele when the heate commeth, but her leafe shall be greene, and shall not care for the yeere of drought, neyther shall cease from yeelding fruit.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
7Blessed be the man, that trusteth in ye Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.
9The heart is deceitfull and wicked aboue all things, who can knowe it?
Cross References
Job 8:16The tree is greene before the sunne, and the branches spread ouer the garden thereof.
Psalms 92:10But thou shalt exalt mine horne, like the vnicornes, and I shalbe anoynted with fresh oyle.
Jeremiah 14:1The worde of the Lord that came vnto Ieremiah, concerning the dearth.
Ezekiel 47:12And by this riuer vpon the brinke thereof, on this side, and on that side shall grow all fruitful trees, whose leafe shall not fade, neither shall ye fruit thereof faile: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his moneths, because their waters run out of ye Sanctuarie: and the fruite thereof shalbe meat, and the leafe thereof shalbe for medicine.
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 →