Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 17:9

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9. deceitful —from a root, "supplanting," "tripping up insidiously by the heel," from which Jacob ( Hosea 12:3 ) took his name. In speaking of the Jews' deceit of heart, he appropriately uses a term alluding to their forefather, whose deceit, but not whose faith, they followed. His "supplanting" was in order to obtain Jehovah's blessing. They plant Jehovah for "trust in man" ( Hosea 12:3- : ), and then think to deceive God, as if it could escape His notice, that it is in man, not in Him, they trust. desperately wicked —"incurable" [HORSLEY], ( Micah 1:9 ). Trust in one's own heart is as foolish as in our fellow man ( Micah 1:9- : ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-10" class="com-number"

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