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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 17:8 - Strong Concordance

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Jer 17:8 Strong Concordance For he shall be as a tree [06086] planted [08362] by the waters [04325], and that spreadeth out [07971] her roots [08328] by the river [03105], and shall not see [07200] when heat [02527] cometh [0935], but her leaf [05929] shall be green [07488]; and shall not be careful [01672] in the year [08141] of drought [01226], neither shall cease [04185] from yielding [06213] fruit [06529].
  King James For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
(Psa 1:3).

shall not see--that is, feel. Answering to Jer 17:6; whereas the unbelievers "shall not see (even) when good cometh," the believer "shall not see (so as to be overwhelmed by it even) when heat (fiery trial) cometh." Trials shall come upon him as on all, nay, upon him especially (Heb 12:6); but he shall not sink under them, because the Lord is his secret strength, just as the "roots spread out by a river" (or, "water-course") draw hidden support from it (Co2 4:8-11).

careful--anxious, as one desponding (Luk 12:29; Pe1 5:7).

drought--literally, "withholding," namely, of rain (Jer 14:1); he here probably alludes to the drought which had prevailed, but makes it the type of all kinds of distress.
 
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1 The word [01697] of the LORD [03068] that came to Jeremiah [03414] concerning [01697] the dearth [01226].
7 Casting [1977] all [3956] your [5216] care [3308] upon [1909] him [846]; for [3754] he [846] careth [3199] for [4012] you [5216].
29 And [2532] seek [2212] not [3361] ye [5210] what [5101] ye shall eat [5315], or [2228] what [5101] ye shall drink [4095], [2532] neither [3361] be ye of doubtful mind [3349].
8 We are troubled [2346] on [1722] every side [3956], yet [235] not [3756] distressed [4729]; we are perplexed [639], but [235] not [3756] in despair [1820];
9 Persecuted [1377], but [235] not [3756] forsaken [1459]; cast down [2598], but [235] not [3756] destroyed [622];
10 Always [3842] bearing about [4064] in [1722] the body [4983] the dying [3500] of the Lord [2962] Jesus [2424], that [2443] the life [2222] also [2532] of Jesus [2424] might be made manifest [5319] in [1722] our [2257] body [4983].
11 For we [2249] which [3588] live [2198] are [3860] alway [104] [1063] delivered [3860] unto [1519] death [2288] for [1223] Jesus [2424]' sake [1223], that [2443] the life [2222] also [2532] of Jesus [2424] might be made manifest [5319] in [1722] our [2257] mortal [2349] flesh [4561].
6 For [1063] whom [3739] the Lord [2962] loveth [25] he chasteneth [3811], and [1161] scourgeth [3146] every [3956] son [5207] whom [3739] he receiveth [3858].
6 For he shall be like the heath [06199] in the desert [06160], and shall not see [07200] when good [02896] cometh [0935]; but shall inhabit [07931] the parched places [02788] in the wilderness [04057], in a salt [04420] land [0776] and not inhabited [03427].
3 And he shall be like a tree [06086] planted [08362] by the rivers [06388] of water [04325], that bringeth forth [05414] his fruit [06529] in his season [06256]; his leaf [05929] also shall not wither [05034]; and whatsoever he doeth [06213] shall prosper [06743].