Jeremiah 17:11-13

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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.’

¹² Lord, your beautiful throne is high above.
    You have ruled there from the beginning.
That is where we worship you.^[a]
13 You are the one that the Israelites hope in.
Everyone who turns away from you will be ashamed.
They will disappear,
    as if their names are written in the dust.
Lord, you give life to your people,
    like a spring of fresh water.
But they have turned against you.