Jer 17:6 | NET2full | STEP | They will be like a shrub in the arid rift valley . They will not experience good things even when they happen . It will be as though they were growing in the stony wastes in the wilderness , in a salt land where no one can live .

‏ Jeremiah 17:6

6 They will be like a shrub ^{▼▼tn This word occurs only here and in Jer 48:6. It has been identified as a kind of juniper, which is a short shrub with minute leaves that look like scales. For a picture and more discussion see Fauna and Flora of the Bible, 131.} in the arid rift valley. ^{▼▼tn The עֲרָבָה (ʿaravah) refers to the rift valley. As a geographic feature it extends from Galilee to the Gulf of Aqaba, but individual passages typically refer to only a portion of it. The areas of the rift valley around the Dead Sea and to the south are known to be arid and inhospitable.}
They will not experience good things even when they happen.
It will be as though they were growing in the stony wastes in the wilderness, ^{▼▼tn A מִדְבָּר (midbar, “wilderness”) receives less than twelve inches of rain per year and therefore cannot support trees and has little plant life.}
in a salt land where no one can live.