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10 But I, the Lord, look inside a person's mind.
    I see what he thinks and what he feels.
I see how everyone lives,
    and I see the things that they do.
I give to each one what he deserves.
11 Someone may get rich because he cheats other people.
He is like a bird that sits on eggs
    that it has taken from another nest.
He will lose his riches before he is old.
    At the end of his life, he will die as a fool.’

Jeremiah's prayer

12 Lord, your beautiful throne is high above.
    You have ruled there from the beginning.
That is where we worship you.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 17:12 This may be speaking about the temple in Jerusalem which was on a high hill, Mount Zion.