Jeremiah 17:5-10 (NRSV)
Sixth
Sunday after Epiphany 5Thus says the LORD:
Cursed are those who trust in mere mortals
and make mere flesh their
strength,
whose hearts turn away from the LORD.
6They
shall be like a shrub in the desert,
and shall not see when relief comes.
They shall live in the parched places of the wilderness,
in an uninhabited
salt land.
7Blessed are those who trust in the LORD,
whose
trust is the LORD.
8They shall be like a tree planted by water,
sending out its roots by the stream.
It shall not fear when heat comes,
and its leaves shall stay green;
in the year of drought it is not anxious,
and it does not cease to bear fruit.
9The heart is devious
above all else;
it is perverse —
who can understand it?
10I
the LORD test the mind
and search the heart,
to give to all according
to their ways,
according to the fruit of their doings.
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