Jeremiah 17:6
The Scripture
(6) 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.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)
Jeremiah delivers a solemn warning that the nations will bring great disaster upon Judah and that the house of David will be destroyed as the house of Jacob. He says that the people's sins have led to their ruin and that only a remnant will survive. The chapter ends with a call to repentance and a promise that God will restore the land.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jeremiah 48:6Job 8:11Job 8:12Job 8:13Job 15:30Job 15:31Job 15:32Job 15:33Job 15:34Psalms 1:4Psalms 92:7Psalms 129:6
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