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

12 (C)A glorious throne on high from the beginning
Is the place of our sanctuary.
13 Lord, the (D)hope of Israel,
All who (E)abandon 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, that is the Lord.

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Footnotes

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

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