10 I the Lord search the heart, and try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his works.

11 [a]As the partridge gathereth the young, which she hath not brought forth: so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.

12 As a glorious throne [b]exalted from the beginning, so is the place of our Sanctuary.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 17:11 As the Partridge by calling gathered others which forsake her, when they see that she is not their dam: so the covetous man is forsaken of his riches, because he cometh by them falsely.
  2. Jeremiah 17:12 Showing that the godly ought to glory in nothing, but in God, who doth exalt his, and hath left a sign of his favor in his Temple.

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