Jeremiah 17:11-13

International Standard Version

¹¹ As a partridge gathers together eggs
    that it didn’t lay,
so is a person who amasses wealth unjustly.
    In the middle of his life^[a] it will leave him,
        and in the end he will prove to be a fool.”

¹² A glorious throne exalted from the beginning
    is the place of our sanctuary.
¹³ Lord, you are the hope of Israel;
    all who forsake you will be put to shame.
Those who turn aside from you^[b] will be
    written in the dust,^[c]
because they have forsaken the Lord,
    the spring of living water.