11 Like a partridge hatching eggs it did not lay is the man who makes a fortune unjustly. In the middle of his days his riches will desert him, and in the end he will be the fool.”
Focused Passage
Jeremiah 17:11
The Engraved Sin, the Deceitful Heart, and the Sabbath Test
The chapter moves from Judah's engraved sin and forfeited inheritance, to a wisdom contrast between cursed trust in man and blessed trust in the LORD, to the LORD's search of the deceitful heart, to a proverb against unjust gain, to Jeremiah's confession of the LORD as sanctuary and fountain, to his prayer for healing and vindication, and finally to a covenant Sabbath test at Jerusalem's gates with promised blessing for obedience and fiery judgment for refusal.
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Verse 11
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Like a partridge קֹרֵ֤א H7124 Noun - masculine singular hatching eggs דָגַר֙ H1716 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular it did not וְלֹ֣א H3808 Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle lay יָלָ֔ד H3205 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular is the man who makes עֹ֥שֶׂה H6213 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular a fortune עֹ֖שֶׁר H6239 Noun - masculine singular vvv וְלֹ֣א H3808 Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle unjustly בְמִשְׁפָּ֑ט H4941 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular In the middle בַּחֲצִ֤י H2677 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular construct of his days יֹמוֹ H3117 Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular his riches will desert him יַעַזְבֶ֔נּוּ H5800 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular and in the end וּבְאַחֲרִית֖וֹ H319 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular he will be יִהְיֶ֥ה H1961 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular the fool נָבָֽל׃ H5036 Adjective - masculine singular