Thoughts on what Yahweh says here in Jeremiah 17?

[MatthewG]

When you read the Lord - > It is YHWH or Yahweh, or Jehovah who is speaking, read this out loud to yourself, and see what Yahweh says through the prophet Jeremiah, what do you think about when you read these words that are spoken in which are coming from the very one who gave life to all of this world?

5 This is what the Lord says:
“Cursed are those who put their trust in mere humans,
who rely on human strength
and turn their hearts away from the Lord.
6 They are like stunted shrubs in the desert,
with no hope for the future.
They will live in the barren wilderness,
in an uninhabited salty land.

7 “But blessed are those who trust in the Lord
and have made the Lord their hope and confidence.
8 They are like trees planted along a riverbank,
with roots that reach deep into the water.
Such trees are not bothered by the heat
or worried by long months of drought.
Their leaves stay green,
and they never stop producing fruit.

9 “The human heart is the most deceitful of all things,
and desperately wicked.
Who really knows how bad it is?
10 But I, the Lord, search all hearts
and examine secret motives.
I give all people their due rewards,
according to what their actions deserve.”

 

[Mattathias]

I think about atheists when I read this.

 

[Mr E]

When you read the Lord - > It is YHWH or Yahweh, or Jehovah who is speaking, read this out loud to yourself, and see what Yahweh says through the prophet Jeremiah, what do you think about when you read these words that are spoken in which are coming from the very one who gave life to all of this world?

5 This is what the Lord says:
“Cursed are those who put their trust in mere humans,
who rely on human strength
and turn their hearts away from the Lord.
6 They are like stunted shrubs in the desert,
with no hope for the future.
They will live in the barren wilderness,
in an uninhabited salty land.

7 “But blessed are those who trust in the Lord
and have made the Lord their hope and confidence.
8 They are like trees planted along a riverbank,
with roots that reach deep into the water.
Such trees are not bothered by the heat
or worried by long months of drought.
Their leaves stay green,
and they never stop producing fruit.

9 “The human heart is the most deceitful of all things,
and desperately wicked.
Who really knows how bad it is?
10 But I, the Lord, search all hearts
and examine secret motives.
I give all people their due rewards,
according to what their actions deserve.”

It's the Jewish equivalent of karma.

"I give all people their due rewards,
according to what their actions deserve.”