Jeremiah 17:11-13

New Century Version

¹¹ Like a bird hatching an egg it did not lay,
    so are the people who get rich by cheating.
When their lives are half finished, they will lose their riches.
    At the end of their lives, it will be clear they were fools.

¹² From the beginning, our Temple has been honored
    as a glorious throne for God.
¹³ Lord, hope of Israel,
    those who leave you will be shamed.
People who quit following the Lord will be like a name written in the dust,
    because they have left the Lord, the spring of living water.