Asa’s feet became diseased in his 39th year as king. {\cf2\super [200]} His disease was very bad, but he did not look for help from the Lord. Asa looked for help from the doctors.
Jeremiah 17:5 - Easy To Read Version The Lord says these things:\par “Bad things will happen to people\par that trust only other people.\par Bad things will happen to people\par that depend on other people for strength.\par Why? Because those people have stopped\par trusting the Lord.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Thus says the Lord: Cursed [with great evil] is the strong man who trusts in and relies on frail man, making weak [human] flesh his arm, and whose mind and heart turn aside from the Lord. American Standard Version (1901) Thus saith Jehovah: Cursed is the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from Jehovah. Common English Bible The LORD proclaims: Cursed are those who trust in mere humans, who depend on human strength and turn their hearts from the LORD. Catholic Public Domain Version Thus says the Lord: "Cursed is a man who trusts in man, and who establishes what is flesh as his right arm, and whose heart withdraws from the Lord. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thus saith the Lord: Cursed be the man that trusteth in man and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord! |
Asa’s feet became diseased in his 39th year as king. {\cf2\super [200]} His disease was very bad, but he did not look for help from the Lord. Asa looked for help from the doctors.
The king of Assyria only has men. But we have the Lord our God with us! Our God will help us. He will fight our battles!” So Hezekiah king of Judah encouraged the people and made them feel stronger.
Why? Because I obeyed the Lord!\par I did not sin against my God.\par
People can’t really help.\par You can’t trust them to really help.\par Compared to God,\par they are like nothing,\par like a gentle puff of air!\par
People looked to Ethiopia for help. Those people will be broken. People were amazed by Egypt’s glory. Those people will be shamed.”
Are you depending on Egypt to help you? Egypt is like a broken stick. If you lean on it for support, it will only hurt you and make a hole in your hand. Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, can’t be trusted by any of the people that depend on him for help.
This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Bad things will happen to any person that does not obey this Agreement.’
Then those survivors {\cf2\super [50]} will be taken prisoners. They will be forced to live in other countries. But those survivors will remember me. I broke their spirit. {\cf2\super [51]} They will hate themselves for the bad things they did. In the past, they turned away from me and left me. They chased after their filthy idols. They were like a woman leaving her husband and running after some other man. They did many terrible things.
This was the Lord’s first message to Hosea. The Lord said, “Go, marry a prostitute {\cf2\super [1]} that has had children as a result of her prostitution. Why? Because the people in this country have acted like prostitutes—they have been unfaithful to the Lord.”