Jeremiah 17:11-13

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¹¹ Like the partridge hatching what it did not lay,
    so are all who amass wealth unjustly;
in midlife it will leave them,
    and at their end they will prove to be fools.

¹² O glorious throne, exalted from the beginning,
    shrine of our sanctuary!
¹³ O hope of Israel! O Lord!
    All who forsake you shall be put to shame;
those who turn away from you^[a] shall be recorded in the underworld,^[b]
    for they have forsaken the fountain of living water, the Lord.^(A)