10 I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings. If you have any questions, please review our Privacy Policy or email us at privacy@biblegateway.com. Cursed is the man who trusts in man It's right here in the scripture. And will not fear when heat comes; En-Gedi Resource Center. It seems to start a new thought. conservative Christian faith, which includes a firm belief in the inerrancy This is especially true because one cannot make flesh his strength without also the heart departing from the LORD. And destroy them with double destruction! Jeremiah reminds the faithful remnant of believing Israel (and also those of us that are saved by grace, through faith in Christ Jesus our Lord), of the wonderful fact that the Lord examines the heart and gives to each what they deserve, based on what they have done, by faith: "I, the Lord search the heart. You may unsubscribe from Bible Gateways emails at any time. 11 The person who gathers wealth by unjust means is like the partridge that broods over eggs but does not hatch them. Let it come now! Jeremiah 17:10 (WYC) I am the Lord seeking the heart, and proving the reins, either kidneys, and I give to each man after his way, and after the fruit of his findings. God is still holding out to them a hope. God gives to each person what he or she actually deserves. Some of the characters in John come to believe only after a long process (9:38). The next five sections (Jeremiah 17:1-18) continue the theme of Judahs guilt from the previous chapter. I'm trying the motives. get answers to your Bible questions from 50+ resources ($2,400+ value! Man is called flesh, to show the folly of those that make him their confidence; he is flesh, weak and feeble as flesh without bones or sinews, that has no strength at all in it; he is inactive as flesh without spirit, which is a dead thing; he is mortal and dying as flesh, which soon putrefies and corrupts, and is continually wasting. The passage exhorts the reader to trust in the Lord. It can happen. Want the Verse of the Day sent to your inbox? He that puts a confidence in man puts a cheat upon himself; for (Jeremiah 17:6; Jeremiah 17:6) he shall be like the heath in the desert, a sorry shrub, the product of barren ground, sapless, useless, and worthless; his comforts shall all fail him and his hopes be blasted; he shall wither, be dejected in himself and trampled on by all about him. The gate of the children of the people: The Benjamin Gate or the Gate of the Laity (MT sons of my people) is of uncertain location, but was apparently used by persons other than priests and Levites. (Harrison). God searches our heart. b. 10 But I, the Lord, search all hearts and examine secret motives. We may further gather from this passage a general truth, that the recesses of the heart are so hidden, that no judgment can be formed of man by any human being. I examine peoples hearts. Anonymous comments are welcome. Major Prophets It just came along. 6 That person will be like a bush in the wastelands; they will not see prosperity when it comes. Deuteronomy 28 promises success to the obedient and failure to the disobedient. 16:27; Rom. [For more on rewards in the future and people getting what they deserve, see commentary on 2 Cor. The heart is deceitful above all things, In Jeremiah 17:10 God says, ""I the Lord search the heart and examine the mind, to reward each person according to their conduct, according to what their deeds deserve." Our desires reside in . (Jeremiah 17:5-8) The folly of trusting in man. Modern medicine teaches differently, but our thoughts and feelings affect the whole body. Pauline Epistles b. Minor Prophets ), Described then is here the character of all mankind, until God regenerates his elect. Salem Media Group. Whose heart departs from the LORD. Be not a terror unto me: thou art my hope in the day of evil. The New Testament I don't want to stand before God and suddenly find all that I've done wiped out in a puff of smoke as the fire consumes all of that work of wood, hay and stubble. Like a shrub in the desert: According to Nogah Hareuveni, an expert on plants of the Bible, in Hebrew the name of this tree is called the Arar, which sounds similar to the word for cursed (arur) and is part of a wordplay which is central to this poem. (Tverberg), iii. There was nothing superficial about their sinful state. These pericopes have obvious connections with one another, but they were evidently originally separate prophecies. Jeremiah 17:9 Devotional - See October 9; WOODROW KROLL. Cookie Notice: All three involve intellectual ascent and visceral response. a. In Jeremiah 17 Jeremiah 17:10 Meaning " But, O Lord of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my cause ." Jeremiah 20:12 In Jeremiah 20 Jeremiah 20:12 Meaning " He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins ." Lamentations 3:13 You know, you're judging me." the most inward and remote parts, covered with fat, and out of sight: these are the seat of the affections; and the Lord tries these, whether they are towards him or not; and whether sincere or hypocritical; Christ the omniscient God knew Peter's love to him, and the sincerity of it; for which he appeals to him as such, ( John 21:17 ) : It has nothing to fear when the heat comes. Since Jeremiah offers two variations on the theme of Psalm 1, here in 17:5-8 and also in 12:1-2, it seems possible that Psalm 1 was available to the prophet. (Thompson). I, Hashem, search the lev, I test the kelayot (kidneys, I, Yahweh, search the mind. Jeremiah 11:20 But, O LORD of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I revealed my cause. Trust in man is cursed; 7. in God is blessed. iv. 1495-1553 - Reference Bible (Rbi8) Proverbs (3 occurrences) 21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah; He examines all his paths. Wisdom Literature God's mercies just are so extensive. 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. Bear no burden on the Sabbath day: Jeremiah simply repeated the Sabbath commands Israel originally agreed to as part of the Sinai Covenant (Exodus 20:8-11). I can give each one the right payment for what he does.. Holman Bible I, Yahweh, examine the mind, I test the heart to give to each according to his way, according to what his actions deserve. Prophets i. The prophet complains of the mockers of his prophecy. Even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings. Pentateuch The reference to the horns of their altars may be to the altars of Baal. (Feinberg). (p. 133) And will not be anxious in the year of drought, The Old Testament Pentateuch Unregenerate human nature is in a desperate condition without divine grace, described by the term gravely ill in verse 9 (RSV desperately corrupt, NEB desperately sick). (Harrison). Pentateuch They were done to be seen of men. Even though the disciples believed at the first sign, they believe again at the empty tomb (20:8). In the contemporary world, countries regularly form alliances, sign treaties, and cooperate both militarily and for trade and commerce. In the Gospel of John, the proper response of a disciple to Jesus presence and signs is to believe. Jeremiah 17:9, 10. Thus many a rich wretch spinneth a fair thread to strangle himself, both temporally and eternally. (Trapp). The preacher can talk about ways that interacting with others involves turning away from God. The inward parts of it, every room and corner in it; and know the thoughts of it; all its intents, purposes, designs, contrivances, and imaginations; all the secret motions of it, and the wickedness that is in it; so that this is an answer to the question in the preceding verse; and therefore, though the heart is deceitful, it cannot deceive him, because he judges not according to outward appearance; he sees and knows the heart; and none but the Lord, or he who is Jehovah, can so search the heart as thus to know it; wherefore, since Christ is said to search the reins and the heart, and to know the thoughts of men, and to be a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart, he must be Jehovah, and the true God, Revelation 2:23: I try the reins; the most inward and remote parts, covered with fat, and out of sight: these are the seat of the affections; and the Lord tries these, whether they are towards him or not; and whether sincere or hypocritical; Christ the omniscient God knew Peter's love to him, and the sincerity of it; for which he appeals to him as such. 15:21. Much less can we know the hearts of others, or have any dependence upon them. I examine peoples hearts. c. But they did not obey nor incline their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear nor receive instruction: Jeremiah delivered a clear message, rooted in prior revelation. Those that make God their hope, (1.) john 8 32) Jeremiah 17:10 (King James Version) 17:1 The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars; 17:2 Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green . Observe, 1. Pentateuch And this judgment which he makes of the heart is in order to his passing judgment upon the man; it is to give to every man according to his ways (according to the desert and the tendency of them, life to those that walked in the ways of life, and death to those that persisted in the paths of the destroyer) and according to the fruit of his doings, the effect and influence his doings have had upon others, or according to what is settled by the word of God to be the fruit of men's doings, blessings to the obedient and curses to the disobedient. 11 As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool. But who really does know himself? O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters ( Jeremiah 17:13 ). But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear ( Jeremiah 17:19-23 ), Now that is, their fathers obeyed not. I. 23 Furthermore, I will strike her followers with a deadly disease, and then all the churches will know that I am the one who searches kidneys* and hearts. kidneys, from the Heb. But its leaf will be green, New International Version (NIV). Both set up a sharp contrast. According to their legends, when God destroyed Sodom, he cursed the fruit of this tree also. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending Point The captivity of Judah for her sin. Luke-Acts 15 See, they say to me, Where is the word of ? Blue Letter Bible study tools make reading, searching and studying the Bible easy and rewarding. I, Yahweh, examine the mind, I test the heart to give to each according to his way, according to what his actions deserve. Follow your heart is poor advice when the heart is desperately wicked. They would be disturbed. I give them what they deserve based on what they have done. The concepts of trust, faith, and belief intertwine. He is here represented as on a throne in his temple; to him in the means of grace all should resort. Jul 2, 2020. The comfort that attends the doing of this duty. The several regions of Judah are mentioned (v. 26); these were still possessed by Judah and Benjamin. Furthermore, I will strike her followers with a deadly disease, and then all the churches will know that I am the one who searches kidneys. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending Point This is true of all that is in the heart, all the thoughts of it, the quickest, and those that are most carelessly overlooked by ourselves--all the intents of it, the closest, and those that are most artfully disguised, and industriously concealed from others. The fatal consequences of this sin. They're right up until the moment a person dies. Just as the fledglings soon realize the false nature of the mother and depart from the nest, so riches unjustly acquired all disappear just when the owner is counting on them for security. (Harrison). c. Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD: In contrast, the one who trusts in the LORD will be like a tree planted by the waters, whose leaf will be green. 34:11; Ps. Email / username or password was incorrect! God is still holding out the opportunity of salvation and hope to them. Why did I do it? Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; The sense of the Hebrew for desperately wicked seems to have sickness more than depravity in mind. Four active verbs fittingly describe God's part in the process - formed, knew, consecrated, and appointed (v. 5). It will leave him in the midst of his days, Desperately wrong. Obviously and tragically Judah and Jerusalem did not return to the Sabbath at Jeremiahs word, and they faced the severe judgment of God. Others, such as Abraham, show faith and doubt side by side. + . I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.. As he is cursed who trusts in man, so he is blessed who trusts in GOD. Their sins were engraved deeply upon them, as if written with an iron pen, and with the point of a diamond. When they do hatch, the chicks leave the partridge because they dont really belong to that bird. Your partnership makes all we do possible. For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreads out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat comes, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not worry in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit ( Jeremiah 17:8 ). We must not think to make any creature to be that to us which God has undertaken to be. It expresses the deepest secret of life; the discovery of which gives the soul perpetual peace and poise and power, whatever may be the circumstances of the passing hour. (Morgan), iii. Although the northern nation of Israel had already fallen to Assyrian rule, Jeremiah's call for the southern kingdom of Judah to repent of their sins and return to the Lord, was treated with scornful disdain. Such knowledge," he said, "is too great for me. And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me, saith the LORD, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath day, but hallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein; Then shall there enter into the gates of this city kings and princes sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: and this city shall remain for ever ( Jeremiah 17:23-25 ). So is he who gets riches, but not by right; The prophet complains of the mockers of his prophecy. The throne is sanctuary; in the authority, the executive action, the government of that throne, man finds the place of safety and refuge from all the forces which are against him. (Morgan), iv. Who can describe how bad the heart is? Therefore, the whole of Scripture makes it clear that under the New Covenant, no one is under obligation to observe a Sabbath day (Colossians 2:16-17 and Galatians 4:9-11). then I will kindle a fire in its gates, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem: The promise for obedience was great; the promise for disobedience was also significant. Copyright 2019 by Zondervan. 1 The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is a graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the b horns of your altars; The great malignity there is in this sin; it is the departure of the evil heart of unbelief from the living God. It is incurably bad. Who can know it?" Let us all learn what we are taught here. Thank you for registering. It intimates what a great vexation it is to a worldly man at death that he must leave his riches behind him; and justly may it be a terror to those who got them unjustly, for, though the wealth will not follow them to another world, the guilt will, and the torment of an everlasting, Son, remember,Luke 16:25. i. I test the mind: A second word is here set in parallel to heart, literally, kidneys, hidden depths. Thus said the LORD unto me; Go and stand in the gate of the children of the people, whereby the kings of Judah come in, and by the which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem; And say unto them, Hear ye the word of the LORD, ye kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates: Thus saith the LORD; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem; Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do ye any work, but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I have commanded your fathers. God pronounces him cursed for the affront he thereby puts upon him. Those who thus give honour to God by giving him credit God will put honour upon, and make them the ornament and delight of the places where they live, as green trees are. Ill-gotten gain is, like a bird with young she has not hatched, soon lost. (Feinberg), ii. As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was right before thee ( Jeremiah 17:14-16 ). Proud member An examination of the Abraham cycle reveals a mixture of trust/faith and doubt/laughter (Genesis 17:3, but see verse 17; for Sarahs laughter, see 18:12). John 3:16, Jesus faith love), The Whole Bible This was a prayer of vengeance, but a prayer that left vengeance in the hands of God. I deal with each person according to how he has behaved. They will one day lose their riches, just as a bird that hatches eggs stolen from another birds nest will lose the young birds when they grow and fly away (11). e. I, the LORD, search the heart, I test the mind: Though knowing the heart of ones self or others is difficult and sometimes impossible, God searches, tests, and knows the heart and mind. That's what's going to be judged. Copyright 2023, Bible Study Tools. Even though we cannot understand our hearts, the Lord searches them and knows our inner thoughts and motives. Those that trust in the Lord will be like a tree planted by the waters that doesn't even know when summer comes because of the freshness that it draws out from that water. God is going to give to him. You try me. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point And if you talk to them about it, challenge them, they would be shocked. 5 Things You Should Know about the ESV Bible Translation. 11 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, 2 " Hear the words of this () covenant, and speak to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem; 3 and say to them, 'This is what the Lord, the God of Israel says: " Cursed is the one who does not obey the words of this covenant 4 which I commanded your forefathers on the () day that I brought them . Matthew Henry's Commentary on Jeremiah 17:9-10 Commentary on Jeremiah 17:5-11 (Read Jeremiah 17:5-11) He who puts confidence in man, shall be like the heath in a desert, a naked tree, a . Lord!". Article. Yet we dare not ignore the importance of a day of rest God has built us so that we need one. And your Father which sees in secret, He'll reward you. Under Law, men worked towards Gods rest; but after Jesus finished work on the cross, the believer enters into rest and goes from that rest out to work. Whatever wickedness there is in the heart God sees it, and knows it, is perfectly acquainted with it and apprised of it: I the Lord search the heart. But God declares, "I the Lord search the heart. We think that we trust in God when really we do not, as appears by this, that our hopes and fears rise or fall according as second causes smile or frown. Yet the entire biblical witness seeks to inculcate and develop trust/faith/belief. 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