Jeremiah 17:5–15

⁵Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be ⁿthe man that trusteth in man, and ^omaketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord. ⁶For he shall ^pbe like the ^qheath in the desert, and ^rshall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in ^sa salt land and ^tnot inhabited. ^7uBlessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose ^vhope the Lord is. ⁸For ^whe shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but ^xher leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.

^9yThe heart is ^zdeceitful above all things, and ^adesperately wicked: who can know it? ¹⁰I the Lord ^bsearch the heart, I ^ctry the reins, even ^dto give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings. ¹¹As ^ethe partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, ^gshall leave them ^hin the midst of his days, and at his end shall be ⁱa fool.

¹²A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary. ¹³O Lord, ^kthe hope of Israel, ^lall that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be ^mwritten in the earth, because ^nothey have forsaken the Lord, ^othe fountain of living waters. ^14pHeal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for ^qthou art my praise. ¹⁵Behold, ^rthey say unto me, Where is the word of the Lord? let it ^scome now.