Jeremiah 17:5
This is what the Lord says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes the flesh his strength and turns his heart from the Lord.
Note Hebrew arm
Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord.
The Lord says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man, relies on strength of flesh, and whose heart departs from the Lord.
Thus saith Jehovah: Cursed is the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from Jehovah.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Cursed
- Psalm 62:9; Psalm 118:8, 9; Psalm 146:3, 4; Isaiah 2:22; Isaiah 30:1–7; Isaiah 31:1–9; Isaiah 36:6; Ezekiel 29:6, 7
- flesh
- 2 Chronicles 32:8; Isaiah 31:3
- whose
- Psalm 18:21; Isaiah 59:15; Ezekiel 6:9; Hosea 1:2