jeremiah-17:7

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 17:7

Trusting in the Lord necessarily implieth also a walking close with him, and not in heart departing from him; for it is naturally impossible that any should repose a confidence in another for any good things, which that other hath promised under any condition, without some satisfaction in himself that he hath in some measure fulfilled the condition upon which the promise is made. But that man that truly trusteth and hopeth in the Lord is and shall be a blessed man. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Jeremiah 17:1-27

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. Chronology of the Chapter. Jeremiah 17:1-18 continue the prophecy of chap. 16. A distinct break in the continuity of the book is noticeable at Jeremiah 17:19. [Keil seems alone in suggesting that this section “may very well be joined with the preceding general reflections as to the springs of mischief and of well-being; inasmuch as it shows how the way of safety appointed to the people lies in keeping the decalogue, as exemplified in one of its fundamental... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Jeremiah 17:5-8

DISCOURSE: 1055THE DUTY OF TRUSTING IN GODJeremiah 17:5-8. Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord. For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited. Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is. For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 17:1-27

Chapter 17 The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond ( Jeremiah 17:1 ):Interesting that they were using diamonds for pens in those days, isn't it? Diamonds set in iron.it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars; Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills. O my mountain in the field, I will give thy substance and all thy treasures to the spoil, and thy high places for... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 17:1-27

Jeremiah 17:1 . The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron. Yea, it is deeply written on the heart, as the diamond will write on polished stones, on tablets of brass, or on the brazen altars of Baal. The word altars being plural indicates that idolatrous altars are understood, for the Lord allowed but of one altar. Jeremiah 17:3 . Oh my mountain in the field. The temple was situate on a mountain, and is called the holy mountain, and the mountain of the Lord’s house. It here stands... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Jeremiah 17:5-8

Jeremiah 17:5-8Cursed be the man that trusteth in man. The difference between trusting in the creature and the CreatorI. The folly and evil of trusting in man. To “trust in man,” in the sense of our text, is to expect that from creatures which can only come from the Creator: to confide in them, not as mere instruments, but as efficient causes; to look to them so as to look off from God; to cleave to them so as to depart from Him.1. Idolatrous in its principle.2. Grovelling in its aim. It looks... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 17:7

Jer 17:7 Blessed [is] the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is. Ver. 7. Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord. ] See on Jer 17:5 Psalms 25:12 ; Psalms 32:10 ; Psalms 34:8 ; Psalms 84:12 ; Psalms 125:1 ; Psalms 146:5 , where David. having entered a caveat against creature confidence, persuadeth people, by trusting in God alone, to provide for their own safety and happiness. See Nahum 1:7 . Such shall have marvellous lovingkindness from God, Psa 17:7 above all that... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Jeremiah 17:7

Psalms 2:12, Psalms 34:8, Psalms 84:12, Psalms 125:1, Psalms 146:5, Proverbs 16:20, Isaiah 26:3, Isaiah 26:4, Isaiah 30:18, Ephesians 1:12 Reciprocal: 2 Kings 18:5 - trusted 1 Chronicles 5:20 - because Psalms 1:1 - Blessed Psalms 16:1 - for Psalms 20:8 - but we Psalms 32:1 - Blessed Psalms 32:10 - but Psalms 37:3 - Trust Psalms 40:4 - Blessed Psalms 71:5 - For thou Psalms 78:7 - set Psalms 131:3 - Let Israel Proverbs 3:5 - Trust Proverbs 12:12 - the root Proverbs 22:19 - thy Proverbs 28:25 -... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 17:7-8

7, 8. Blessed… trusteth The blessedness of trusting in God heightens by contrast the curse of trusting in man. Mark the particulars of this contrast. One is a solitary, worthless shrub; the other a tree. One is in the desert; the other by the watercourses. One shall not see when good cometh; the other shall not see when heat cometh. One inhabits parched, barren, uninhabitated places; the other has a leaf always green, is unaffected by the year of drought, and does not leave off... read more