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11 Like the partridge hatching what it did not lay,
    so are all who amass wealth unjustly;
in mid-life it will leave them,
    and at their end they will prove to be fools.

12 O glorious throne, exalted from the beginning,
    shrine of our sanctuary!
13 O hope of Israel! O Lord!
    All who forsake you shall be put to shame;
those who turn away from you[a] shall be recorded in the underworld,[b]
    for they have forsaken the fountain of living water, the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 17:13 Heb me
  2. Jeremiah 17:13 Or in the earth

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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