Jeremiah 17:4-6

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⁴ You will lose the land I gave you.
    I will let your enemies take you to be their slaves.
That is because I am very angry.
    My anger is like a hot fire, and you will be burned forever.”

⁵ This is what the Lord says:
“Bad things will happen to those who put their trust in people.
    Bad things will happen to those who depend on human strength.
    That is because they have stopped trusting the Lord.
⁶ They are like a bush in a desert where no one lives.
    It is in a hot and dry land.
    It is in bad soil.
That bush does not know about the good things that God can give.