In the rest of the prophecy, Jeremiah dwells upon the moral faults which had led to Judah’s ruin.

Jeremiah 17:6: Like the…

The heart is deceitful ... —The sequence of ideas seems to be as follows: If the blessing and the curse are therefore so …

The heart-

That is the principal matter, it was the heart of the nation which had gone astray from God: "The heart"-

Is de…

What is taught here depends on what has gone before, and therefore they should be read together. Many take hold of these words and mutilate them wi…

The heart is deceitful above all things
This is the source of the idolatry and creature confidence of the Jews, sins…

He who puts confidence in man will be like the heath in a desert, a naked tree, a pitiful shrub, the product of barren ground, useless and worthles…

1. Here, the prophet explicitly shows the stubbornness of the people, which is the cause of their rejection. From this, he first shows their…