Jeremiah 17:11-13

Good News Translation

¹¹ The person who gets money dishonestly
    is like a bird that hatches eggs it didn't lay.
In the prime of life he will lose his riches,
    and in the end he is nothing but a fool.

¹² Our Temple is like a glorious throne,
    standing on a high mountain from the beginning.

¹³ Lord, you are Israel's hope;
    all who abandon you will be put to shame.
They will disappear like names written in the dust,^[a]
    because they have abandoned you, the Lord,
    the spring of fresh water.