Jeremiah 17:6
And he hath been as a naked thing in a desert, And doth not see when good cometh, And hath inhabited parched places in a wilderness, A salt land, and not inhabited.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
7Blessed [is] the man who trusteth in Jehovah, And whose confidence hath been Jehovah.
Cross References
Judges 9:45and Abimelech hath fought against the city all that day, and captureth the city, and the people who [are] in it he hath slain, and he breaketh down the city, and soweth it [with] salt.
2 Kings 7:19and the captain answereth the man of God, and saith, 'And lo, Jehovah is making windows in the heavens — it is according to this word?' and he saith, 'Lo, thou art seeing with thine eyes, and thereof thou dost not eat;'
Job 15:30He turneth not aside from darkness, His tender branch doth a flame dry up, And he turneth aside at the breath of His mouth!
Job 39:6Whose house I have made the wilderness, And his dwellings the barren land,
Psalms 92:7When the wicked flourish as a herb, And blossom do all workers of iniquity — For their being destroyed for ever and ever!
Isaiah 1:30For ye are as an oak whose leaf is fading, 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 →