Jeremiah 17:5-6

The Sin of Judah

⁵ Thus says the Lord:
"Cursed is the man _b who trusts in man
and makes flesh his strength, ₁
whose heart turns away from the Lord.
⁶ _c He is like a shrub in the desert,
_d and shall not see any good come.
He shall dwell in the parched places of the wilderness,
in _e an uninhabited salt land.

1. Cross References
   2 Chronicles 32:8
   With him is an arm of flesh, but with us is the Lord our God, to help us and to fight our battles." And the people took confidence from the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
   Psalms 146:3
   Put not your trust in princes, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation.
   
2. Cross References
   Jeremiah 48:6
   Flee! Save yourselves! You will be like a juniper in the desert!
   
3. Cross References
   Jeremiah 29:32
   Therefore thus says the Lord : Behold, I will punish Shemaiah of Nehelam and his descendants. He shall not have anyone living among this people, and he shall not see the good that I will do to my people, declares the Lord, for he has spoken rebellion against the Lord.'
   Job 20:17
   He will not look upon the rivers, the streams flowing with honey and curds.
   Psalms 34:12
   What man is there who desires life and loves many days, that he may see good?
   
4. Cross References
   Deuteronomy 29:23
   The whole land burned out with brimstone and salt, nothing sown and nothing growing, where no plant can sprout, an overthrow like that of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, which the Lord overthrew in his anger and wrath -
   Job 39:6
   To whom I have given the arid plain for his home and the salt land for his dwelling place?