Jeremiah 17:6
4 And you yourself will relinquish the inheritance that I gave you. I will enslave you to your enemies in a land that you do not know, for you have kindled My anger; it will burn forever.”
5 This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes the flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.
He will be like a shrub in the desert; he will not see when prosperity comes. He will dwell in the parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one lives.
7 But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in Him.
8 He is like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are always green. It does not worry in a year of drought, nor does it cease to produce fruit.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- He will be like a shrub in the desert; he will not see when prosperity comes. He will dwell in the parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one lives.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- For he will be like a bush in the desert, and will not see when good comes, but will inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, an uninhabited salt land.
- ASV
- 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, a salt land and not inhabited.
- DARBY
- 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.
- BLB
- And he shall be like a shrub in the desert plain, and he shall not see when good comes, and he shall dwell in the parched places in the desert, [in] a salt land without dweller.
- ÅB
- Han skal bli som en hjelpeløs mann på den øde mark og ikke få se at det kommer noe godt; men han skal bo på avsvidde steder i ørkenen, i et saltland som ingen bor i.
- OTB
- En slik person vil være som en busk i ørkenen og vil ikke oppfatte velstand når den kommer. De vil bo på de tørre stedene i ødemarken, i et salt land ubebodd.
- B1930
- Han skal bli som en hjelpeløs mann på den øde mark og ikke få se at det kommer noget godt; men han skal bo på avsvidde steder i ørkenen, i et saltland som ingen bor i.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 20:17
He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream.
Read in contextPsalms 1:4
Not so the wicked! For they are like chaff driven off by the wind.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 29:23
All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce anger.
Read in contextJob 39:6
I made the wilderness his home and the salt flats his dwelling.
Read in contextJeremiah 48:6
‘Flee! Run for your lives! Become like a juniper in the desert.’
Read in contextJob 15:30–34
He will not escape from the darkness; the flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away.
Read in contextJob 8:11–13
Does papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Do reeds flourish without water?
Read in contextJudges 9:45
And all that day Abimelech fought against the city until he had captured it and killed its people. Then he demolished the city and sowed it with salt.
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