Jeremiah 17:13

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.”

Jeremiah Prays for Deliverance

14 Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed;
Save me, and I shall be saved,
For ^aYou are my praise.

15 Indeed they say to me,
^a“Where is the word of the Lord?
Let it come now!”

16 As for me, ^aI have not hurried away from being a shepherd who follows You,
Nor have I desired the woeful day;
You know what came out of my lips;
It was right there before You.

Commentaries:

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What Does Jeremiah 17:13 Mean?

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"Written in the earth" - written in dust. What happens to anything written in the dust? The wind comes along, and it blows away. Those who do not trust God, who depart from the Lord, who allow their heart to deceive them into not properly responding to the truth of God—their names are just going to blow away like something written in the dust.

Do we really believe Him enough to live by faith? The person who lives by faith is one who believes God's truth and responds in obedience to it. The person who does not departs from His truth.

John W. Ritenbaugh
The Sin of Self-Deception

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