Jeremiah 17:5 Cross References - Leeser

⁵ Thus hath said the Lord, Cursed is the man that trusteth in man, and placeth on flesh his dependence, while from the Lord his heart departeth.

⁸ With him there is an arm of flesh; but with us is the Lord our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people relied upon the words of Hezekiah the king of Judah.

^{21 (18:22)} For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

^{9 (62:10)} Verily nought are the sons of common men, a lie the sons of the great; they must rise in the balance; they are altogether lighter than nought.

⁸ It is better to seek shelter with the Lord than to trust in man. ⁹ It is better to seek shelter with the Lord than to trust in princes.

³ Put not your trust in princes, in the son of man, in whom there is no salvation. ⁴ When his spirit goeth forth, he returneth to his native earth: on that very day perish his thoughts.

²² Withdraw yourselves then from man, whose breath is in his nostrils; because, for what is he to be esteemed?

¹ Woe to the rebellious children, saith the Lord, that take counsel, but not from me; and that set themselves a ruler, but not by my spirit, in order that they may add sin to sin: ² That travel to go down into Egypt, and have not asked my will; to strengthen themselves through the strength of Pharaoh, and to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt! ³ Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh become your shame, and the shelter in the shadow of Egypt your disgrace. ⁴ For his princes were at Zo’an, and his ambassadors had reached Chanes. ⁵ They all are ashamed because of a people that cannot profit them, neither be a help nor give profit; but bringeth shame, and also a reproach. ⁶ The doom of the beasts of the south: Through the land of trouble and anguish, whence come the lioness and the lion, the viper and flying dragons, they will carry upon the shoulders of young asses their riches, and upon the humps of camels their treasures, to a people that cannot profit. ⁷ And the Egyptians will help in vain, and to no purpose; therefore have I called this, Boasters they are in sitting still.

¹ Woe to those that go down to Egypt for help; and depend for support on horses, and trust on chariots, because they are many; and on horsemen, because they are very strong; but who turn not unto the Holy One of Israel, and seek not the Lord! ² Yet he also is wise, and bringeth evil, and taketh not back his words; and riseth up against the house of evil-doers, and against the help of those that work injustice. ³ But the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses are flesh, and not spirit; and the Lord will stretch out his hand, and there shall stumble the helper, and he that is helped shall fall down, and they all shall perish together. ⁴ For thus hath said the Lord unto me, Just as the lion or the young lion growleth over his prey, against whom is called forth the company of shepherds, of whose voice he is not afraid, and is not depressed because of their multitude: thus will the Lord come down, to fight on mount Zion and on its hill. ⁵ As fluttering birds, so will the Lord of hosts shield Jerusalem; shielding and delivering; sparing and preserving. ⁶ Turn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted. ⁷ For on that day shall every man despise his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin. ⁸ Then shall Asshur fall by the sword of one who is not a man; and the sword of one who is not a son of earth shall devour him; and he shall flee him from the sword, and his young men shall become tributary. ⁹ And his stronghold shall pass away for fear, and his princes shall be terrified because of the ensign, saith the Lord, who hath a fire in Zion, and a furnace in Jerusalem.

⁶ Behold, thou trustedst on yon cracked reed-staff, on Egypt; which, if a man lean on it, will enter into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh the king of Egypt to all that trust on him.

¹⁵ And thus is the truth missing; and he that departeth from evil is regarded as foolish: and the Lord saw it, and it was displeasing in his eyes that there was no justice.

⁹ And those of you that escape shall remember me among the nations among whom they shall have been carried captive, when I shall have broken their licentious heart, which had departed from me, even with their eyes, which were gone astray after their idols: and they shall loathe themselves on account of the evil deeds which they have committed with all their abominations.

⁶ And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the Lord; because they have been a reed-staff to the house of Israel. ⁷ When they took hold of thee with the hand, thou wast cracked, and didst rend for them all the shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou wast broken, and madest all their loins to be at a stand.

² The beginning of the word of the Lord by Hosea was, that the Lord said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of prostitution and children of prostitution; for the inhabitants of the land go far astray, departing from the Lord.