Jeremiah 17:7 (KJV)

Passage

Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.

Nearby Context

Jeremiah 17:5 Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.

Jeremiah 17:6 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.

Jeremiah 17:7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.

Jeremiah 17:8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.

Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "For he shall be like the heath..." into verse 8's "For he shall be as a tree...", so "blessed" and "trusteth" 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 "trusteth" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.