Jeremiah 17:5–15

⁵Thus saith Jehovah: Cursed is the man that confideth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from Jehovah. ⁶And 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. ⁷Blessed is the man that confideth in Jehovah, and whose confidence Jehovah is. ⁸For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out its roots by the stream, and he shall not see when heat cometh, but his leaf shall be green; and in the year of drought he shall not be careful, neither shall he cease to yield fruit. ⁹The heart is deceitful above all things, and incurable; who can know it? ¹⁰I Jehovah search the heart, I try the reins, even to give each one according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings. ¹¹As the partridge sitteth on eggs it hath not laid, so is he that getteth riches and not by right: in the midst of his days shall he leave them, and at his end shall be a fool.

¹²A throne of glory, set on high from the beginning, is the place of our sanctuary. ¹³Thou hope of Israel, Jehovah! all that forsake thee shall be ashamed. They that depart from me shall be written in the earth; because they have forsaken Jehovah, the fountain of living waters. ¹⁴Heal me, Jehovah, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise. ¹⁵Behold, these say unto me, Where is the word of Jehovah? let it then come!