Jeremiah 17:4-6

New Century Version

⁴You will lose the land I gave you,
    and it is your own fault.
I will let your enemies take you as their slaves
    to a land you have never known.
This is because you have made my anger burn like a hot fire,
    and it will burn forever.”

Trusting in Humans or God

⁵This is what the Lord says:

“A curse is placed on those who trust other people,
    who depend on humans for strength,
    who have stopped trusting the Lord.
⁶They are like a bush in a desert
    that grows in a land where no one lives,
    a hot and dry land with bad soil.
They don’t know about the good things God can give.