Jeremiah 17:5-7

Contemporary English Version

Trust the Lord

⁵I, the Lord, have put a curse
on those who turn from me
and trust in human strength.
⁶They will dry up like a bush
in salty desert soil,
where nothing can grow.

⁷But I will bless those
who trust me, the Lord.

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Jeremiah 17:5-7

New International Version

⁵This is what the Lord says:

“Cursed is the one who trusts in man,^(A)
    who draws strength from mere flesh
    and whose heart turns away from the Lord.^(B)
⁶That person will be like a bush in the wastelands;
    they will not see prosperity when it comes.
They will dwell in the parched places^(C) of the desert,
    in a salt^(D) land where no one lives.