Jeremiah 17:5–15

⁵Thus says Yahweh,

“^aCursed is the man who trusts in mankind

And makes ^bflesh his ¹strength,

And whose heart turns away from Yahweh.

⁶“And he will be like a ^ajuniper in the desert

And will not see when prosperity comes,

But will dwell in stony wastes in the wilderness,

A ^bland of salt ¹which is not inhabited.

⁷“^aBlessed is the man who trusts in Yahweh

And whose ^btrust is Yahweh.

⁸“And he will be like a ^atree planted by the water,

That sends forth its roots by a stream

And will not fear when the heat comes;

But its leaves will be green,

And it will not be anxious in a year of ^bdrought

Nor refrain from yielding fruit.

⁹“The ^aheart is more ^bdeceitful than all else

And is ¹desperately ^csick;

Who can know it?

¹⁰“I, Yahweh, ^asearch the heart;

I test the ¹inmost being,

Even ^bto give to each man according to his ways,

According to the fruit of his deeds.

¹¹“As a partridge that hatches eggs which it has not laid,

So is he who ^amakes a fortune, but unjustly;

In the midst of his days it will forsake him,

And in ¹the end he will be a ^bwicked fool.”

^12aA glorious throne on high from the beginning

Is the place of our sanctuary.

¹³O Yahweh, the ^ahope of Israel,

All who ^bforsake You will be put to shame.

Those who turn ¹away on earth will be ^cwritten down

Because they have forsaken the fountain of living water, even Yahweh.

^14aHeal me, O Yahweh, and I will be healed;

^bSave me and I will be saved,

For You are my ^cpraise.

¹⁵Behold, they keep ^asaying to me,

“Where is the word of Yahweh?

Let it come now!”