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A Picture of Barrenness
Commentators explain that the 'heath in the desert' is a powerful image of a fruitless, worthless shrub in a desolate, salt-crusted wasteland. This represents the spiritual state of a person who trusts in human strength instead of God. Their life, like the parched ground, is incapable of producing anything of lasting value.
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Jeremiah
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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 17:5–18
18th Century
Theologian
In the rest of the prophecy, Jeremiah dwells upon the moral faults which had led to Judah’s ruin.
Jeremiah 17:6: Like the…
Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 17:6
19th Century
Bishop
Like the heath in the desert. — The word translated as heath is, literally, bare or naked, and for this…
Charles Spurgeon
On Jeremiah 17:3–8
19th Century
Preacher
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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John Calvin
On Jeremiah 17:5–6
16th Century
Theologian
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…
John Gill
On Jeremiah 17:6
17th Century
Pastor
For he shall be like the heath in the desert
The Vulgate Latin version renders it, "myrice": and so the Latin interp…
Matthew Henry
On Jeremiah 17:5–11
17th Century
Minister
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…