Jeremiah 17:5–15

⁵Thus says the Lord:

“Cursed is the man ^bwho trusts in man

and makes flesh his strength,¹

whose heart turns away from the Lord.

^6cHe is like a shrub in the desert,

^dand shall not see any good come.

He shall dwell in the parched places of the wilderness,

in ^ean uninhabited salt land.

^7f“Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord,

^gwhose trust is the Lord.

^8hHe 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.”

⁹The heart is deceitful above all things,

and desperately sick;

who can understand it?

¹⁰ⁱ“I the Lord search the heart

^jand test the mind,²

^kto give every man according to his ways,

according to the fruit of his deeds.”

¹¹Like the ^lpartridge that gathers a brood that she did not hatch,

so is ^mhe who gets riches but not by justice;

ⁿin the midst of his days they will leave him,

^oand at his end he will be a fool.

¹²A glorious throne set on high from the beginning

is the place of our sanctuary.

¹³O Lord, ^pthe hope of Israel,

^qall who forsake you shall be put to shame;

those who turn away from you^{3 r}shall be written in the earth,

for ^sthey have forsaken ^tthe Lord, the fountain of living water.

Jeremiah Prays for Deliverance

^14uHeal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed;

save me, and I shall be saved,

for ^vyou are my praise.

^15wBehold, they say to me,

“Where is the word of the Lord?

Let it come!”