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A Diagnosis for Unbelief
Commentators explain this verse answers a key question from the surrounding text: Why do people trust in fragile human strength instead of God? The answer is the heart's profound capacity for self-deceit. It misleads us, presenting what is harmful as good, causing us to choose the 'curse' of self-reliance over the 'blessing' of trusting God.
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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 17:9
19th Century
Bishop
The heart is deceitful ... —The sequence of ideas seems to be as follows: If the blessing and the curse are therefore so …
Charles Spurgeon
On Jeremiah 17:9
19th Century
Preacher
The heart-
That is the principal matter, it was the heart of the nation which had gone astray from God: "The heart"-
Is de…
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John Calvin
On Jeremiah 17:9–10
16th Century
Theologian
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…
John Gill
On Jeremiah 17:9
17th Century
Pastor
The heart is deceitful above all things
This is the source of the idolatry and creature confidence of the Jews, sins…
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…