Jeremiah 17:5 (YLT)

Passage

Thus said Jehovah: Cursed <FI>is<Fi> the man who doth trust in man, And hath made flesh his arm, And from Jehovah whose heart turneth.

Nearby Context

Jeremiah 17:3 O My mountain in the field--thy strength, All thy treasures--for a prey I give, Thy high places for sin in all thy borders.

Jeremiah 17:4 And thou hast let go--even through thyself, Of thine inheritance that I gave to thee, And I have caused thee to serve thine enemies, In a land that thou hast not known, For a fire ye have kindled in Mine anger, Unto the age it doth burn.

Jeremiah 17:5 Thus said Jehovah: Cursed <FI>is<Fi> the man who doth trust in man, And hath made flesh his arm, And from Jehovah whose heart turneth.

Jeremiah 17:6 And he hath been as a naked thing in a desert, And doth not see when good cometh, And hath inhabited parched places in a wilderness, A salt land, and not inhabited.

Jeremiah 17:7 Blessed <FI>is<Fi> the man who trusteth in Jehovah, And whose confidence hath been Jehovah.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "thus", "said", "jehovah", "cursed", "doth", "trust", "hath", and "flesh". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "thus" and "said", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "And thou hast let go--even through thyself..." into verse 6's "And he hath been as a naked...", so "thus" and "said" 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 "thus" and "said" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.