The Haftara for Parshat Bechukotai begins with a fierce prophecy but ends with hope and consolation, as we read in Yirmiyahu 17:7-8:

Blessed is the person who trusts in the Lord. The Lord will be his protector. He will be like a tree planted beside the water, its roots spreading along the stream. It need not be concerned when heat comes, for its leaves will remain verdant. It need not worry in a year of drought, for it will never cease to produce fruit.

We see a similar analogy In Tehillim 1:1-3:

Happy is the one who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, who does not stand in the path of sinners, who does not sit among the jeering cynics- instead, the Lord’s........

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