Jeremiah 17:4–10
Shall let go of your heritage which I gave you;
And I will cause you to serve your enemies
In ethe land which you do not know;
For fyou have kindled a fire in My anger which shall burn forever.”
g“Cursed is the man who trusts in man
And makes hflesh his 2strength,
Whose heart departs from the Lord.
6 For he shall be ilike a shrub in the desert,
And jshall not see when good comes,
But shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness,
kIn a salt land which is not inhabited.
7 “Blessed lis the man who trusts in the Lord,
And whose hope is the Lord.
8 For he shall be mlike a tree planted by the waters,
Which spreads out its roots by the river,
And will not 3fear when heat comes;
But its leaf will be green,
And will not be anxious in the year of drought,
Nor will cease from yielding fruit.
9 “The nheart is deceitful above all things,
And 4desperately wicked;
Who can know it?
10 I, the Lord, osearch the heart,
I test the 5mind,
pEven to give every man according to his ways,
According to the fruit of his doings.