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11 As a partridge that hatches eggs which it has not laid,
So is he who (A)makes a fortune, but unjustly;
In the midst of his days it will forsake him,
And in [a]the end he will be a (B)wicked fool.”

12 (C)A glorious throne on high from the beginning
Is the place of our sanctuary.
13 O Yahweh, the (D)hope of Israel,
All who (E)forsake You will be put to shame.
Those who turn [b]away on earth will be (F)written down
Because they have forsaken the fountain of living water, even Yahweh.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 17:11 Lit his
  2. Jeremiah 17:13 Lit away from Me