Jeremiah 17:6
“For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
For he shall be like the heath in the desert,.... The Vulgate Latin version renders it, "myrice": and so the Latin…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Jeremiah 17:5-18
In the rest of the prophecy Jeremiah dwells upon the moral faults which had led to Judah’s ruin. Jer 17:6 Like the heath…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Jeremiah 17:5-11
It is excellent doctrine that is preached in these verses, and of general concern and use to us all, and it does not…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
the heath mg. a tamarisk. The Hebrew substantive occurs again in Jer 48:9 and means in both cases a juniper tree,…
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