Jeremías 17:1-11

1 El pecado de Judá está escrito con cincel de hierro, con punta de diamante está grabado sobre la tabla de su corazón y en los cuernos de sus altares.

2 Como ellos se acuerdan de sus hijos, así se acuerdan de sus altares y de sus Aseras junto a los árboles frondosos, en las altas colinas.

3 Oh montaña mía en el campo, tus riquezas y todos tus tesoros entregaré al saqueo, a causa del pecado de tus lugares altos en todo tu territorio.

4 Y por tu causa harás que se pierda la heredad que yo te di; te haré servir a tus enemigos en una tierra que no conoces; porque habéis prendido un fuego en mi ira que arderá para siempre.

5 Así dice el SEÑOR: Maldito el hombre que en el hombre confía, y hace de la carne su fortaleza, y del SEÑOR se aparta su corazón.

6 Será como arbusto en el yermo y no verá el bien cuando venga; habitará en pedregales en el desierto, tierra salada y sin habitantes.

7 Bendito es el hombre que confía en el SEÑOR, cuya confianza es el SEÑOR.

8 Será como árbol plantado junto al agua, que extiende sus raíces junto a la corriente; no temerá cuando venga el calor, y sus hojas estarán verdes; en año de sequía no se angustiará ni cesará de dar fruto.

9 Más engañoso que todo, es el corazón, y sin remedio; ¿quién lo comprenderá?

10 Yo, el SEÑOR, escudriño el corazón, pruebo los pensamientos, para dar a cada uno según sus caminos, según el fruto de sus obras.

11 Como perdiz que incuba lo que no ha puesto, es el que adquiere una fortuna, pero no con justicia, en la mitad de sus días lo abandonará, y al final será un insensato.

Jeremías 17:1-11 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 17

This chapter is a further prophecy of the destruction of the Jews, with the causes of it, their sins, as their idolatry, which was notorious; of which their own consciences, their altars, and their children, were witnesses, Jer 17:1,2 for which they are threatened with the spoil of their substance and treasure, and discontinuance in their land, Jer 17:3,4 as also their confidence in an arm of flesh, which brought the curse of God upon them, when such are blessed that trust in him; and the difference between those that trust in men and those that trust in the Lord is illustrated by very apt similes, Jer 17:5-8, the source of which vain confidence is the wicked heart of man, known to none but God, Jer 17:9,10 and the vanity of it is exposed by a partridge sitting on eggs without hatching them, Jer 17:11, and their departure from God, by trusting in the creature, and in outward things, is aggravated by their temple being the throne and seat of the divine Majesty; by what God is to his people that trust in him; and by the shame and ruin that follow an apostasy from him, Jer 17:12,13, wherefore the prophet, sensible of his own backslidings, prays to be healed and saved by the Lord, who should have all the praise and glory, Jer 17:14 and then relates the scoffs of the people at the word of God by him, another cause of their ruin; declares his own innocence and integrity; prays for protection and security from fear in a time of trouble; and for confusion, terror, and destruction to his persecutors, Jer 17:15-18, then follows an order to him from the Lord, to go and stand in the gate of the city, and exhort all ranks of men to the observation of the sabbath, with directions how to keep it, which had not been observed by their fathers, and which was another cause of their ruin, Jer 17:19-23, and the chapter is closed with promises of blessings in city, court, and country, in church and state, should they religiously observe the sabbath day; but if they profaned it, the city of Jerusalem, and its palaces, should be burnt with fire, Jer 17:24-27.

Footnotes

• [a]. I.e., smbolos de madera de una deidad femenina