4 You will lose the land I gave you.And it is your own fault.I will let your enemies take you as their slaves.You will be slaves in a land you have never known.This is because you have made my anger burn like a hot fire.And it will burn forever.”
5 This is what the Lord says:“A curse will be placed on those who trust other people.It will happen to those who depend on people for strength.Those are the ones who have stopped trusting the Lord.
6 They are like a bush in a desert.It grows in a land where no one lives.It is in a hot and dry land with bad soil.They don’t know about the good things that God can give.
7 “But the person who trusts in the Lord will be blessed.The Lord will show him that he can be trusted.
8 He will be strong, like a tree planted near water.That tree has large roots that find the water.It is not afraid when the days are hot.Its leaves are always green.It does not worry in a year when no rain comes.That tree always produces fruit.”
9 “More than anything else, a person’s mind is evil.It cannot be healed.Who can understand it?
10 But I am the Lord, and I can look into a person’s heart.I can test a person’s mind.So I can decide what each one deserves.I can give each one the right payment for what he does.”