Jeremiah 17:7 (LSB)

Passage

Blessed is the man who trusts in Yahweh And whose trust is Yahweh.

Nearby Context

Jeremiah 17:5 Thus says Yahweh, “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind And makes flesh his strength, And whose heart turns away from Yahweh.

Jeremiah 17:6 And he will be like a juniper in the desert And will not see when prosperity comes, But will dwell in stony wastes in the wilderness, A land of salt which is not inhabited.

Jeremiah 17:7 Blessed is the man who trusts in Yahweh And whose trust is Yahweh.

Jeremiah 17:8 And he will be like a tree planted by the water, That sends forth its roots by a stream And will not fear when the heat comes; But its leaves will be green, And it will not be anxious in a year of drought Nor refrain from yielding fruit.

Jeremiah 17:9 “The heart is more deceitful than all else And is desperately sick; Who can know it?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "blessed", "trusts", "yahweh", and "whose". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "blessed" and "trusts", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "And he will be like a juniper..." into verse 8's "And he will be like a tree...", so "blessed" and "trusts" belong inside that flow. In Jeremiah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "blessed" and "trusts" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.