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The Secret to Resilience
Commentators unanimously explain that the blessed person is like a tree thriving not because it avoids hardship, but because it is planted by a constant source of life. This "water" represents God's love and grace in Christ. Scholars like Spurgeon call this a "secret, underground" strength that sustains the believer through trials like persecution ("heat") or spiritual famine ("drought"), ensuring their spiritual life doesn't wither.
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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 17:8
19th Century
Bishop
Shall not see when heat cometh. —Another reading, followed by the Septuagint and Vulgate, gives shall not fear; …
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 17:7–8
16th Century
Theologian
The order which the Prophet keeps should be observed, for he could not have spoken profitably of this second part if he had not first taken away th…
John Gill
On Jeremiah 17:8
17th Century
Pastor
For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters
Not as a "heath or shrub", but as a "tree", a green olive tree, a palm tree, a…
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…