the Week of Proper 9 / Ordinary 14
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Jeremiah 17:7
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The person who trusts in the Lord,whose confidence indeed is the Lord, is blessed.
Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, and whose trust the LORD is.
Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord , and whose hope the Lord is.
"Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord , whose trust is the Lord .
"Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, And whose trust is the LORD.
"But the person who trusts in the Lord will be blessed. The Lord will show him that he can be trusted.
"Blessed [with spiritual security] is the man who believes and trusts in and relies on the LORD And whose hope and confident expectation is the LORD.
Blessed is the man who trusts in Yahweh, and whose trust Yahweh is.
Blessed be the man, that trusteth in ye Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.
Blessed is the man who trusts in YahwehAnd whose trust is Yahweh.
But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is Him.
But I will bless those who trust me.
Blessed is the man who trusts in Adonai ; Adonai will be his security.
Blessed is the man that confideth in Jehovah, and whose confidence Jehovah is.
"But those who trust in the Lord will be blessed. They know that the Lord will do what he says.
Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, and whose hope is in him.
"But I will bless the person who puts his trust in me.
Blessed be the person who trusts in Yahweh, and Yahweh is his trust.
Blessed is the man who trusts in Jehovah, and Jehovah is his refuge.
O Blissed is the man, that putteth his trust in the LORDE, and whose hope the LORDE is himself.
Blessed is the man that trusteth in Jehovah, and whose trust Jehovah is.
A blessing is on the man who puts his faith in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.
Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose trust the LORD is.
Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.
O blessed is the man that putteth his trust in the Lorde, and whose hope is in the Lorde hym selfe.
But blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord shall be.
Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.
Blessed is the [noble] man that trusts in Yahweh, and whose trust is Yahweh.
Blessed [is] the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.
My blessing is on those people who trust in me, who put their confidence in me.
"Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, And whose hope is the LORD.
"But blessed are those who trust in the Lord and have made the Lord their hope and confidence.
Good will come to the man who trusts in the Lord, and whose hope is in the Lord.
Blessed are those who trust in the Lord , whose trust is the Lord .
Blessed is the man Who trusteth in Yahweh, To whom Yahweh is his ground of confidence;
Blessed be the man that trusteth in the Lord, and the Lord shall be his confidence.
"Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose trust is the LORD.
Blessed [is] the man who trusteth in Jehovah, And whose confidence hath been Jehovah.
"But blessed is the man who trusts me, God , the woman who sticks with God . They're like trees replanted in Eden, putting down roots near the rivers— Never a worry through the hottest of summers, never dropping a leaf, Serene and calm through droughts, bearing fresh fruit every season.
"Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD And whose trust is the LORD.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Psalms 2:12, Psalms 34:8, Psalms 84:12, Psalms 125:1, Psalms 146:5, Proverbs 16:20, Isaiah 26:3, Isaiah 26:4, Isaiah 30:18, Ephesians 1:12
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 18:5 - trusted 1 Chronicles 5:20 - because Psalms 1:1 - Blessed Psalms 16:1 - for Psalms 20:8 - but we Psalms 32:1 - Blessed Psalms 32:10 - but Psalms 37:3 - Trust Psalms 40:4 - Blessed Psalms 71:5 - For thou Psalms 78:7 - set Psalms 131:3 - Let Israel Proverbs 3:5 - Trust Proverbs 12:12 - the root Proverbs 22:19 - thy Proverbs 28:25 - he that putteth Isaiah 57:13 - but he Isaiah 61:3 - called Jeremiah 17:17 - thou Jeremiah 39:18 - because Daniel 3:28 - that trusted Nahum 1:7 - that Romans 8:24 - saved Romans 10:11 - Whosoever Ephesians 4:4 - as 1 Timothy 4:10 - because 1 Timothy 6:17 - but Hebrews 6:19 - both 1 Peter 1:21 - your
Cross-References
In that dai the Lord made a couenaunt of pees with Abram, and seide, Y schal yyue to thi seed this lond, fro the ryuer of Egipt til to the greet ryuer Eufrates; Cyneis,
and thi name schal no more be clepid Abram, but thou schalt be clepid Abraham, for Y haue maad thee fadir of many folkis;
and Y schal make thee to wexe ful greetli, and Y schal sette thee in folkis, and kyngis schulen go out of thee;
and Y schal make my couenaunt bitwixe me and thee, and bitwixe thi seed after thee, in her generaciouns, bi euerlastynge bond of pees, that Y be thi God, and of thi seed after thee;
and Y schal yyue to thee and to thi seed after thee the lond of thi pilgrymage, al the lond of Chanaan, in to euerlastynge possessioun, and Y schal be the God of hem.
God seide eft to Abraham, And therfor thou schalt kepe my couenaunt, and thi seed after thee, in her generaciouns.
and ye schulen circumside the fleisch of youre mannes yeerd, that it be in to a signe of boond of pees bytwixe me and you.
and Y schal blesse hir, and of hir I schal yyue to thee a sone, whom I schal blesse, and he schal be in to naciouns, and kyngis of puplis schulen be borun of hym.
Abraham felde doun on his face, and leiyede in his hert, and seide, Gessist thou, whethir a sone schal be borun to a man of an hundrid yeer, and Sara of nynti yeer schal bere child?
and the Lord fastned to the laddir, seiynge to hym, Y am the Lord God of Abraham, thi fadir, and God of Isaac; Y schal yyue to thee and to thi seed the lond in which thou slepist.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord,.... In the Word of the Lord, as the Targum, in Christ the essential Word of God; see Psalms 2:12 who have a spiritual knowledge of him, and so trust in him, Psalms 9:10 who have seen the vanity and emptiness of all other objects of trust, there being no salvation in them, only in him; who betake themselves to him as their only refuge; lay hold, rest, and rely upon him, as their Saviour; commit their all unto him; trust him with all their concerns, respecting life and salvation, and with their immortal souls; and expect all from him, grace here, and glory hereafter: who trust in his person for their acceptance with God; in his righteousness for their justification; in his blood for the pardon of their sins; in his fulness for the supply of their wants; in his power for protection and preservation; and in all for eternal life and happiness: and such are blessed persons; for they are in the utmost safety; they are as Mount Zion, which can never be removed; they shall want no good thing, temporal or spiritual, proper for them; they enjoy great peace now, and in the world to come everlasting glory:
and whose hope the Lord is; the Word of the Lord, according to the Targum, as before: Christ, who is the Hope of Israel, our hope, and Christ in us the hope of glory, Jeremiah 14:8, whose hope is from the Lord, of which he is the author and giver; and is a good hope, through his grace; and which has the Lord Jesus Christ for its object; who turn in to him as prisoners of hope; and lay hold on him, the hope set before them; and do hope in him for pardoning mercy, salvation, and eternal life. Blessed men! their hope shall not make them ashamed; they shall not be disappointed, Psalms 146:5.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
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 fear) and “shall inhabit” plainly show that a man is here meant and not a plant.
Jeremiah 17:8
The river - Or, “water-course” Isaiah 30:25, made for purposes of irrigation.
Shall not see - Or, “shall not fear Jeremiah 17:6.” God’s people feel trouble as much as other people, but they do not fear it because they know
(1) that it is for their good, and
(2) that God will give them strength to bear it.
Jeremiah 17:9
The train of thought is apparently this: If the man is so blessed Jeremiah 17:7-8 who trusts in Yahweh, what is the reason why men so generally “make flesh their arm”? And the answer is: Because man’s heart is incapable of seeing things in a straightforward manner, but is full of shrewd guile, and ever seeking to overreach others.
Desperately wicked - Rather, mortally sick.
Jeremiah 17:10
The answer to the question, “who can know it?” To himself a man’s heart is an inscrutable mystery: God alone can fathom it.
Ways - Rather, way, his course of life. The “and” must be omitted, for the last clause explains what is meant “by man’s way,” when he comes before God for judgment. It is “the fruit,” the final result “of his doings, i. e., his real character as formed by the acts and habits of his life.
Jeremiah 17:11
Rather, “As the partridge hath gathered eggs which it laid not, so ...” The general sense is: the covetous man is as sure to reap finally disappointment only as is the partridge which piles up eggs not of her own laying, and is unable to hatch them.
A fool - A Nabal. See 1 Samuel 25:25.
Jeremiah 17:12, Jeremiah 17:13
Or, “Thou throne ... thou place ... thou hope ... Yahweh! All that forsake Thee etc.” The prophet concludes his prediction with the expression of his own trust in Yahweh, and confidence that the divine justice will finally be vindicated by the punishment of the wicked. The “throne of glory” is equivalent to Him who is enthroned in glory.
Jeremiah 17:13
Shall be written in the earth - i. e., their names shall quickly disappear, unlike those graven in the rock forever Job 19:24. A board covered with sand is used in the East to this day in schools for giving lessons in writing: but writing inscribed on such materials is intended to be immediately obliterated. Equally fleeting is the existence of those who forsake God. “All men are written somewhere, the saints in heaven, but sinners upon earth” (Origen).
Jeremiah 17:15
This taunt shows that this prophecy was written before any very signal fulfillment of Jeremiah’s words had taken place, and prior therefore to the capture of Jerusalem at the close of Jehoiakim’s life. “Now” means “I pray,” and is ironical.
Jeremiah 17:16
I have not hastened from - i. e., I have not sought to escape from.
A pastor to follow thee - Rather, “a shepherd after Thee.” “Shepherd” means “ruler, magistrate” (Jeremiah 2:8 note), and belongs to the prophet not as a teacher, but as one invested with authority by God to guide and direct the political course of the nation. So Yahweh guides His people Psalms 23:1-2, and the prophet does so “after Him,” following obediently His instructions.
The woeful day - literally, “the day of mortal sickness:” the day on which Jerusalem was to be destroyed, and the temple burned.
Right - Omit the word. What Jeremiah asserts is that he spake as in God’s presence. They were no words of his own, but had the authority of Him before whom he stood. Compare Jeremiah 15:19.
Jeremiah 17:17
A terror - Rather, “a cause of dismay,” or consternation Jeremiah 1:17. By not fulfilling Jeremiah’s prediction God Himself seemed to put him to shame.
Jeremiah 17:18
Confounded - Put to shame.
Destroy them ... - Rather, break them with a double breaking: a twofold punishment, the first their general share in the miseries attendant upon their country’s fall; the second, a special punishment for their sin in persecuting and mocking God’s prophet.
