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11 Like a partridge[a] hatching eggs that it has not laid,
    so is the man who amasses riches unjustly.
When his life is half completed,
    they will desert him;
and when his life is at an end,
    he will prove to have been a fool.

Israel’s True Hope

12 A glorious throne, exalted from the beginning:
    such is the shrine of our sanctuary.
13 Lord, you are the hope of Israel;
    all those who abandon you will be put to shame.
Those who turn away from you
    will have their names inscribed in the netherworld
because they have forsaken the Lord,
    the source of living water.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 17:11 The partridge that hatches the eggs of another bird will see itself abandoned by these chicks.

11 Like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay
    are those who gain riches by unjust means.
When their lives are half gone, their riches will desert them,
    and in the end they will prove to be fools.(A)

12 A glorious throne,(B) exalted from the beginning,
    is the place of our sanctuary.
13 Lord, you are the hope(C) of Israel;
    all who forsake(D) you will be put to shame.
Those who turn away from you will be written in the dust(E)
    because they have forsaken the Lord,
    the spring of living water.(F)

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