Jeremiah 17:5–15

⁵Thus says the Lord:

^g“Cursed is the man who trusts in man

And makes ^hflesh his ²strength,

Whose heart departs from the Lord.

⁶For 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.

⁸For 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?

¹⁰I, 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.

¹¹“As a partridge that ⁶broods but does not hatch,

So is he who gets riches, but not by right;

It ^qwill leave him in the midst of his days,

And at his end he will be ^ra fool.”

¹²A glorious high throne from the beginning

Is the place of our sanctuary.

¹³O Lord, ^sthe hope of Israel,

^tAll who forsake You shall be ashamed.

“Those who depart from Me

Shall be ^uwritten in the earth,

Because they have forsaken the Lord,

The ^vfountain of living waters.”

Jeremiah Prays for Deliverance

¹⁴Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed;

Save me, and I shall be saved,

For ^wYou are my praise.

¹⁵Indeed they say to me,

^x“Where is the word of the Lord?

Let it come now!”