Jeremiah 17

Jeremiah 17 is the seventeenth chapter of the Book of Jeremiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains the prophecies spoken by the prophet Jeremiah, and is a part of the Books of the Prophets.^[1][2]

Text

• The original text is written in Hebrew language.
• This chapter is divided into 27 verses.

Textual versions

Some most ancient manuscripts containing this chapter in Hebrew language:

• Masoretic Text (10th century)
• Dead Sea Scrolls: (2nd century BC)^[3][4]
  • 4QJer^a (4Q70): extant: verses 8‑26

Ancient translations in Koine Greek:

• Septuagint (3rd century BC)
• Theodotion version (~AD 180)

Structure

NKJV groups this chapter into:

• Jeremiah 17:1-13 = Judah’s Sin and Punishment
• Jeremiah 17:14-18 = Jeremiah Prays for Deliverance
• Jeremiah 17:19-27 = Hallow the Sabbath Day

Verse 8

For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters,

Which spreads out its roots by the river,

And will not fear when heat comes;

But its leaf will be green,

And will not be anxious in the year of drought,

Nor will cease from yielding fruit.^[5]

• One who "trusts in the Lord" (verse 7) is described as a "fruitful, well-watered tree" (Psalm 1:3; Psalm 92:12-15; Proverbs 3:18);^[6] although not "free from trials and adversity", but God will give much blessings during and "through those difficulties" (Jeremiah 14:1-9; Jeremiah 15:19-21).^[7]
• "Fear" (from Hebrew: ירא yi-rā; as in Masoretic Ketiv, LXX and Vulgate): in Qere and Targum read "see" (from Hebrew: יראה yir-’eh).^[8]

See also

• Related Bible parts: Psalm 1, Psalm 92, Proverbs 3, Jeremiah 14, Jeremiah 15

Notes and references

Bibliography

• The Nelson Study Bible. Thomas Nelson, Inc. 1997. ISBN 9780840715999. 
• Ulrich, Eugene, ed. (2010). The Biblical Qumran Scrolls: Transcriptions and Textual Variants. Brill. 

External links

Jewish

• Jeremiah 17 Hebrew with Parallel English
• Jeremiah 17 Hebrew with Rashi's Commentary

Christian

• Jeremiah 17 English Translation with Parallel Latin Vulgate