Jeremiah 17:10

Jeremiah 17:10

8 For he shall be ^alike a tree planted by the waters,
Which spreads out its roots by the river,
And will not¹ fear when heat comes;
But its leaf will be green,
And will not be anxious in the year of drought,
Nor will cease from yielding fruit.

9 “The ^aheart is deceitful above all things,
And¹ desperately wicked;
Who can know it?

10 I, the Lord, ^asearch the heart,
I test the¹ mind,
^bEven to give every man according to his ways,
According to the fruit of his doings.

11 “As a partridge that¹ broods but does not hatch,
So is he who gets riches, but not by right;
It ^awill leave him in the midst of his days,
And at his end he will be ^ba fool.”

12 A glorious high throne from the beginning
Is the place of our sanctuary.

13 O Lord, ^athe hope of Israel,
^bAll who forsake You shall be ashamed.
“Those who depart from Me
Shall be ^cwritten in the earth,
Because they have forsaken the Lord,
The ^dfountain of living waters.”

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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Lest any should infer from Jeremiah 17:9, "who can know it?" that even the Lord does not know, and therefore cannot punish, the hidden treachery of the heart, He says, "I the Lord search the heart," etc. (I Chronicles 28:9; Psalms 7:9; Proverbs 17:3; Revelation 2:23).

even to give—and that in order that I may give (Jeremiah 32:19).

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John 2:25

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