Jeremiah 17:9
Context| NETBible | The human mind is more deceitful than anything else. It is incurably bad. 1 Who can understand it? |
| XREF | Ge 6:5; Ge 8:21; Job 15:14-16; Ps 51:5; Ps 53:1-3; Pr 28:26; Ec 9:3; Jer 16:12; Mt 15:19; Mr 7:21,22; Heb 3:12; Jas 1:14,15 |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn Or “incurably deceitful”; Heb “It is incurable.” For the word “deceitful” compare the usage of the verb in Gen 27:36 and a related noun in 2 Kgs 10:19. For the adjective “incurable” compare the usage in Jer 15:18. It is most commonly used with reference to wounds or of pain. In Jer 17:16 it is used metaphorically for a “woeful day” (i.e., day of irreparable devastation). sn The background for this verse is Deut 29:18-19 (29:17-18 HT) and Deut 30:17. |
