Jeremiah 17:11
Like a partridge hatching eggs it did not lay
What it says
The one who gains riches unjustly is like a bird brooding eggs it did not lay, ending life exposed as a fool.
What it is doing
This verse closes the section by showing how stolen gain cannot endure.
In context
1“The sin of Judah is written with an iron stylus, 2Even their children remember their altars and Asherah poles 3O My mountain in the countryside, 4And you yourself will relinquish 5This is what the LORD says: 6He will be like a shrub in the desert; 7But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, 8He is like a tree planted by the waters 9The heart is deceitful above all things 10I, the LORD, search the heart; 11Like a partridge hatching eggs it did not lay