Jeremiah 17:11 meaning and explanation

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.”

Jeremiah 17:11, Berean Standard Bible

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Jeremiah 17:11 belongs to a series of wisdom sayings the LORD speaks through the prophet to Judah, a people whose sin is engraved on their hearts (verse 1). The picture is a partridge brooding over eggs it did not lay, so the young never belong to it.

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