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Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 17:1-13

Wrong attitudes and their outcome (17:1-13)Baal worship has become so much a part of the people’s everyday lives that God sees it as engraved on their hearts. It is so widely practised in Judah that it cannot be removed from the land unless the people themselves are removed (17:1-4). Those who ignore God and trust in themselves are likened to a useless stunted bush that tries to grow in barren ground. Those who trust in God are likened to a healthy green tree that flourishes in well-watered... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 17:5

the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4 . Cursed, &c. Note the Alternation above. the man = strong man. Hebrew. geber. App-14 . trusteth = conndeth. Heb batah. App-69 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jeremiah 17:5

TRUSTING IN MEN IS CURSED"Thus saith Jehovah, Cursed is the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from Jehovah. 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, a salt land and not inhabited. Blessed is the man that trusteth in Jehovah, and whose trust Jehovah is. For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, that spreadeth out its roots by the river, and shall not... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 17:5

Jeremiah 17:5. Cursed be the man, &c.— This alludes to the confidence which the Jews had of assistance from the Egyptians, and their other allies, when threatened by the Chaldeans. By flesh is meant mere mortal man, in opposition to the Almighty; and by arm is meant power or confidence. See Isa 31:1 and Calmet. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 17:5

5. Referring to the Jews' proneness to rely on Egypt, in its fear of Assyria and Babylon (Isaiah 31:1; Isaiah 31:3). trusteth—This word is emphatic. We may expect help from men, so far as God enables them to help us, but we must rest our trust in God alone (Isaiah 31:3- :). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 17:1-18

Judah’s indelible sin and sin’s deceitfulness 17:1-18The next five sections (Jeremiah 17:1-18) continue the theme of Judah’s guilt from the previous chapter. These pericopes have obvious connections with one another, but they were evidently originally separate prophecies. Jeremiah 17:1-4 are particularly ironic. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 17:5

Yahweh announced a curse on anyone who trusts in flesh (humanity in its frailty) rather than in Him (cf. Jeremiah 2:18; Isaiah 31:3). While this announcement has universal scope, in this context Jeremiah applied it to the covenant people especially. Judah had trusted in people rather than in Yahweh. Turning away from Him (abandoning His covenant) brought His curse. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 17:1-18

1-4. The sin of Judah is indelible. Hence the severity of the punishment.2. Groves] RV ’Asherim,’ wooden pillars, or monuments, set up in honour of Astoreth (Astarte), generally near altars (e.g. Judges 6:25). The Law ordered them to be pulled down (Exodus 34:13). 3. O my mountain in the field] The hill on which Jerusalem is built rises high above the plain. On the other hand, it is lower than the surrounding mountains, hence can be spoken of as a ’valley’ in Jeremiah 21:13. For sin] i.e.... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 17:5

(5) Cursed be the man . . .—The words are vehement and abrupt, but they burst from the prophet’s lips as proclaiming the root evil that had eaten into the life of his people. Their trust in an arm of flesh had led them to Egyptian and Assyrian alliances, and these to “departing from the Lord.” The anathema has its counterpart in the beatitude of Jeremiah 17:7. The opening words, Thus saith the Lord, indicate, perhaps, a pause, followed as by a new message, which the prophet feels bound to... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Jeremiah 17:1-27

Jeremiah 17:9 PÈre Pacheu quotes the saying of the Comte de Maistre: 'Whatever the conscience of a criminal may be, I know only the heart of an honest man, and it is a wretched and a fearful thing!' A Bad Heart Jeremiah 17:9-10 I wish, firstly, to prove to you the truth of the words 'the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked'; secondly, to remind you that God knows what is within you 'I the Lord search the heart'; and, thirdly, the only remedy that can do you any good, if... read more