Jeremiah 17:6 · KJV
“For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, {in} a salt land and not inhabited.”
— Jeremiah 17:6
Thus saith the LORD; Cursed {be} the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.
Blessed {is} the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.
Jeremiah 17 — Context
And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage that I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, {which} shall burn for ever. {thyself: Heb. in thyself}
5Thus saith the LORD; Cursed {be} the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.
6For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, {in} a salt land and not inhabited.
7Blessed {is} the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.
8For he 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 her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit. {drought: or, restraint}
Cross References
Job 20:17
He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter. {the floods...: or, streaming brooks}
Deuteronomy 29:23
{And that} the whole land thereof {is} brimstone, and salt, {and} burning, {that} it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:
Psalms 1:4
The ungodly {are} not so: but {are} like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
Job 8:11-13
Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?
Job 39:6
Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings. {barren...: Heb. salt places}
Jeremiah 48:6
Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness. {the heath: or, a naked tree}
Job 15:30-34
He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
Judges 9:45
And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that {was} therein, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.