So also the fruit of human corruption, eg. The young soon recognize they are not hers and fly away. It's like the bird that sits on another's eggs. This saying illustrates the fruit of human corruption. Only those who trust in the Lord will escape his condemnation, cf. These too are corrupt and on the basis of their fruit the Lord will judge us. These "hidden depths" (better than "mind" -NIV) are the center of our emotions, our feelings. He also knows about our stomach, or literally our "kidneys". How could he play the salt-bush? The Hebrews understood the heart as the center of thinking, so we could therefore translate v9 as "The mind is totally deceptive and quite incurable, who understands it?" There is of course one who does understand it, namely the Lord.
From a personal angle, he ponders his own desert experience of despair. There is personal identification in Jeremiah's words, for he was once the salt-bush, bitter and in despair, 15:18-19, but he repented (turned toward) and rested on the Lord, and like a luxurious tree, is now blessed. As its leaves are green and its fruit full, so is such a person blessed. This person is not like a desert salt-bush, but is like a tree thrusting out its roots to permanent water and surviving the drought. The contrasting person is "blessed" because he "trusts" in the Lord, is confident in the Lord, rests on the Lord's covenantal promises. Such a person does not see the blessings of the Lord. Such a person is "cursed" - strong words! This person is described as a desert plant that rarely sees the rain and inevitably shrivels and dies. Literally, he puts his faith in the human arm rather than the Lord's arm he does not trust the Lord's intent or capacity to maintain his covenantal promises. After an editorial note (which is not found in the LXX) we are introduced to a person who is a member of God's covenant community, an Israelite, but who trusts human resourcefulness rather than the Lord. The second, 17:9-11, reminds us of the corruption of human reasoning. The first mini sermon, 17:5-8, affirms the worth of faith. They tend to be personal in nature and composed in poetic style. Our passage for study comes from a group of miscellaneous mini-sermons and linked sayings found in the book of Jeremiah, 15:10-20:18.
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