Thus says the Lord:
“Cursed is the man (A)who trusts in man
    and makes flesh his strength,[a]
    whose heart turns away from the Lord.
(B)He is like a shrub in the desert,
    (C)and shall not see any good come.
He shall dwell in the parched places of the wilderness,
    in (D)an uninhabited salt land.

(E)“Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord,
    (F)whose trust is the Lord.
(G)He is like a tree planted by water,
    that sends out its roots by the stream,
and does not fear when heat comes,
    for its leaves remain green,
and is not anxious in the year of drought,
    for it does not cease to bear fruit.”

The heart is deceitful above all things,
    and desperately sick;
    who can understand it?
10 (H)“I the Lord search the heart
    (I)and test the mind,[b]
(J)to give every man according to his ways,
    according to the fruit of his deeds.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 17:5 Hebrew arm
  2. Jeremiah 17:10 Hebrew kidneys

12 A glorious throne set on high from the beginning
    is the place of our sanctuary.
13 O Lord, (A)the hope of Israel,
    (B)all who forsake you shall be put to shame;
those who turn away from you[a] (C)shall be written in the earth,
    for (D)they have forsaken (E)the Lord, the fountain of living water.

Jeremiah Prays for Deliverance

14 (F)Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed;
    save me, and I shall be saved,
    for (G)you are my praise.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 17:13 Hebrew me

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