Text: Jeremiah 17:7
OT Text Referred to: Psalm 1:3
Subject: like a tree by water
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Analogy
Significance: Both texts compare the blessed person to a tree planted by water (עֵץ שָׁתוּל עַל־מַיִם, ets shatul al-mayim). Psalm 1:3 describes the Torah-meditating righteous man as "a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither," while Jeremiah 17:7-8 describes the man who trusts in the LORD as "a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream." The shared botanical metaphor — evergreen foliage, consistent fruit-bearing, resilience in drought — communicates the same theological point: dependence on God produces stability and fruitfulness that external circumstances cannot destroy. Jeremiah sharpens the contrast by opposing this tree to "a shrub in the desert" (17:6), making the arboreal image part of a binary curse/blessing framework.
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Text: Psalms 1:2-3
OT Text Referred to: Jeremiah 17:7-8
Subject: Tree planted by water as image of the blessed Torah-keeper
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Longitudinal Theme
Significance: Psalm 1:3 describes the Torah-meditating man as "a tree planted by streams of water (פַּלְגֵי מָיִם, palge mayim), yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither." Jeremiah 17:7-8 uses strikingly similar imagery: "Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD... He is like a tree planted by the waters (מָיִם, mayim) that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are always green." The shared metaphor of a fruitful, unwithering tree nourished by water connects Torah devotion (Psalm 1) with trust in the LORD (Jeremiah 17), suggesting these are two dimensions of the same spiritual reality. Jeremiah expands the image by adding the resilience motif — the tree "does not worry in a year of drought" — deepening the psalmist's original picture.