Jeremiah 17:5-8 Cursed is the man whose hope is on man; who shall fix the flesh of his arm on him, and whose heart hath departed from the Lord.

Thomson⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁵ Cursed is the man whose hope is on man; who shall fix the flesh of his arm on him, and whose heart hath departed from the Lord. ⁶ He shall be like the wild myrtle in the desert. He shall not see when good cometh; but shall dwell in parched places and in a desert-in a salt land which is uninhabited. ⁷ But blessed is the man who hath trusted in the Lord; and whose hope is the Lord. ⁸ He will be like a thriving tree near waters which shall shoot out its roots in a moist soil. It will not be afraid when heat cometh, though its stock be loaded with branches. In a year of drought it will not be afraid, nor will it fail to bear fruit.