Jeremiah 17:11-13

New International Reader's Version

¹¹ Some people get rich by doing sinful things.
    They are like a partridge that hatches eggs it didn’t lay.
When their lives are half over, their riches will desert them.
    In the end they will prove how foolish they have been.

¹² Our temple is where the Lord’s glorious throne is.
    From the beginning it has been high and lifted up.
¹³ Lord, you are Israel’s only hope.
    Everyone who deserts you will be put to shame.
The names of those who turn away from you will be listed among the dead.
    Lord, they have deserted you.
    You are the spring of water that gives life.