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Thus says Yahweh: Cursed is the man who trusts in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart departs from Yahweh.
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Commentators explain that the curse is on anyone who places ultimate confidence in human ability or systems. The term 'flesh' is used to emphasize the weakness and futility of human strength compared to God's power. This misplaced trust in foreign alliances, like those with Egypt and Assyria, was identified as the 'root evil' that led to Israel's downfall.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
In the rest of the prophecy, Jeremiah dwells upon the moral faults which had led to Judah’s ruin.
Jeremiah 17:6: Like the…
19th Century
Anglican
Cursed be the man ... —The words are vehement and abrupt, but they burst from the prophet’s lips as proclaiming the root evil that…
Baptist
Oh, the blessedness of confidence in God! You see it here set out in contrast with the misery of trusting in men. Drought comes even to this tree, …
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16th Century
Protestant
The Prophet, I have no doubt, prefixed this sentence to many of his discourses, for it was necessary to repeat it often, as the Jews were so refrac…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Thus says the Lord Here begins a new discourse, or part of one; or, however, another cause or reason of the ruin and…
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…
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13th Century
Catholic
Here, the prophet explicitly shows the stubbornness of the people, which is the cause of their rejection. From this, he first shows their…
