Verse Jeremiah 17:6. He shall be like the heath in the desert] כערער kearar; or, like a blasted tree, without moisture, parched and withered.
Shall not see when good cometh] Shall not be sensible of it: the previous drought having rendered it incapable of absorbing any more vegetable juices.
A salt land] Barren; and therefore unfit to be inhabited.
In the rest of the prophecy Jeremiah dwells upon the moral faults which had led to Judah’s ruin. Jeremiah 17:6 LIKE THE HEATH - Or, “like a destitute man” Psalms 102:17. The verbs “he shall see” (or...
CHAPTER 17 _ 1. Judah's sin (Jeremiah 17:1) _ 2. The curse and the blessing (Jeremiah 17:5) 3. The worship of Jeremiah (Jeremiah 17:12) 4. Concerning the Sabbath ...
JEREMIAH 16:1 TO JEREMIAH 17:18. THE COMING DISTRESS A PENALTY FOR SIN. The prophet is forbidden to found a family, because of the coming sorrows (_cf._ 1 Corinthians 7:29 ff.), in which death will be...
IN. Some codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read this word "in" in the text....
See introd. summary to section. The antithesis in these verses is sharply defined, the two courses of human conduct making the men who practise them respectively to fade and to flourish. Cp. Psalms 1:...
_the heath_ mg. _a tamarisk_. The Hebrew substantive occurs again in Jeremiah 48:9 and means in both cases a _juniper tree_, probably of the dwarf variety (so Tristram, _Nat. Hist. of the Bible_, p. 3...
DISCOURSE: 1055 THE DUTY OF TRUSTING IN GOD Jeremiah 17:5. Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord. For he shall...
THE HEATH— See ch. Jeremiah 48:6....
B. The Desert Shrub and the Flourishing Tree Jeremiah 17:5-8 TRANSLATION (5) Thus says the LORD: Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, and whose heart departs from the LOR...
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. HEATH - [kª`ar`ar, from `...
17:6 heath (c-7) Or 'a denuded (or, forlorn) [man];' as ch. 48.6....
THE HEATH] RM 'a tamarisk.' The figure is that of a barren, profitless life. 7, 8. Note the parallels to Psalms 1. But which has been influenced by the other is a question more difficult than importa...
1-4. The sin of Judah is indelible. Hence the severity of the punishment....
LIKE THE HEATH IN THE DESERT. — The word rendered heath is, literally, _bare_ or _naked,_ and as such is translated by “destitute” in Psalms 102:17. That meaning has accordingly been given to it here...
וְ הָיָה֙ כְּ עַרְעָ֣ר בָּֽ † עֲרָבָ֔ה...
CHAPTER IX THE DROUGHT AND ITS MORAL IMPLICATIONS Jeremiah 14:1; Jeremiah 15:1 (17?) VARIOUS opinions have been expressed about the division of these Chapter s. They have been cut up into short sect...
HUMAN AND DIVINE HELP CONTRASTED Jeremiah 17:1-14 The Jews were always seeking alliance either with Egypt or Babylon. What was true of them applies to us all; but we cannot depend upon human aid, wit...
Once again Jehovah declared His determination to deal with the people in judgment, because of the defiant definiteness of their sin. That sin was "written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a d...
_Tamaric. A barren shrub, that grows in the driest parts of the wilderness. (Challoner) --- Harhar denotes some sort (Haydock) of "useless wood." (Symmachus) See chap. xlviii. 6., and Isaias xvii. 2....
Reader! as you read these verses do not fail to enquire, in what this sin of trusting in man consisteth: that we may avoid the punishment. May not that man be said to have fallen into it, who placeth...
He adds a similitude for the purpose of confirming his doctrine, _He shall be like a tamarisk_, or a juniper, as some render it. The word ערער, _oror_, means a copse. But the Jews themselves are not a...
The great thing, amidst all that was going on, was to trust in Jehovah. He who, failing in this, made flesh his arm, should not see when good came. Meantime the fire of God's anger was kindled and sho...
FOR HE SHALL BE LIKE THE HEATH IN THE DESERT,.... The Vulgate Latin version renders it, "myrice": and so the Latin interpreter of the Targum; but the word that paraphrase makes use of according to R....
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. Ver. 6. _For he shall be...
_Cursed be the man that trusteth in man_ Who places that confidence in the wisdom or power, the kindness or faithfulness of any man or number of men, which ought to be placed in God only; that is, mis...
For he shall be like the heath in the desert, literally, "like a naked one in the wilderness," one destitute of all means of subsistence, AND SHALL NOT SEE WHEN GOOD COMETH, shall never see good fortu...
The Depth of the Nation's Corruption...
5-11 He who puts confidence in man, shall be like the heath in a desert, a naked tree, a sorry shrub, the product of barren ground, useless and worthless. Those who trust to their own righteousness a...
The sum is, he shall not thrive, nor prosper, but BE LIKE THE HEATH, by which is meant some barren shrub or tree, about which the various guesses of interpreters (which the reader that is curious may...
Jeremiah 17:6 shrub H6199 desert H6160 see H7200 (H8799) good H2896 comes H935 (H8799) inhabit H7931 ...
THE CURSINGS AND THE BLESSINGS ON INDIVIDUALS (JEREMIAH 17:5). But not all of Judah will come under YHWH's anger. Only those (the huge majority) who have turned from Him and forsaken Him and are under...
Jeremiah 17:1. _The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond:_ It is so ingrained in their very nature that you might as well try to erase an inscription that is wr...
CONTENTS: Sign of the unmarried prophet, concluded. Message in the gates concerning the Sabbath. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah. CONCLUSION: The heart of man, out of communion with God, is wicked and dece...
Jeremiah 17:1. _The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron._ Yea, it is deeply written on the heart, as the diamond will write on polished stones, on tablets of brass, or on the brazen altars of B...
_Cursed be the man that trusteth in man._ THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TRUSTING IN THE CREATURE AND THE CREATOR I. The folly and evil of trusting in man. To “trust in man,” in the sense of our text, is to...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 17:6 LIKE A SHRUB IN THE DESERT. Alone and without resources when disaster comes. ⇐...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER. Jeremiah 17:1 continue the prophecy of chap. 16. A distinct break in the continuity of the book is noticeable at Jeremiah 17:19. [_Keil_ se...
EXPOSITION Jeremiah 17:1 are closely connected with the preceding chapter. We have just been pointed to the striking contrast between the conduct of the heathen and that of the backsliding men of Juda...
Chapter 17 The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond (Jeremiah 17:1): Interesting that they were using diamonds for pens in those days, isn't it? Diamonds set in...
2 Kings 7:19; 2 Kings 7:2; 2 Kings 7:20; Deuteronomy 29:23; Ezekie