Basil of Caesarea, on Jer 17:6

“For he shall be like tamaric in the desert, and he shall not see when good shall come: but he shall dwell in dryness in the desert in a salt land, and not inhabited.”

“One who puts his trust in humankind or is buoyed up by some other concerns of life, such as power or possessions or any of the things considered by the many to be glorious, is not able to say, "O Lord my God, in you have I put my trust." In fact, there is a command that we should not put our trust in rulers, and "cursed is the one who trusts in humankind." As it is proper not to worship anything else besides God, so also is it proper not to trust in any other except God the Lord of all things. "The Lord," it is said, "is my hope and my praise."”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.