Jeremiah 17:6
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.
Context
This verse from Jeremiah Chapter 17 connects to 10 cross-references. The sin of Judah is engraved on the tablet of their heart with a diamond stylus. Cursed is the man who trusts in humans; blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord like a tree planted by water. The …
Other Translations
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.
And he hath been as a naked thing in a desert, And doth not see when good cometh, And hath inhabited parched places in a wilderness, A salt land, and not inhabited.
For he will be like the brushwood in the upland, and will not see when good comes; but his living-place will be in the dry places in the waste land, in a salt and unpeopled land.
Cross References
For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.
Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness.
And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that was …
Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?
So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish:
He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his …
For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.
He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.
Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.
But the miry places thereof and the marishes thereof shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt.