Jeremiah 17:6

They will be like a shrub ¹  in the desert. They will not experience good things even when they happen. It will be as though they were growing in the desert, in a salt land where no one can live.

De 29:23; Jud 9:45; 2Ki 7:2,19,20; Job 8:11-13; Job 15:30-34; Job 20:17; Ps 1:4; Ps 92:7; Ps 129:6-8; Isa 1:30; Jer 48:6; Eze 47:11; Zep 2:9

¹ tn This word occurs only here and in Jer 48:6. It has been identified as a kind of juniper, which is a short shrub with minute leaves that look like scales. For a picture and more discussion see Fauna and Flora of the Bible, 131.