Jeremiah

¹⁰“I, the Lord, search the mind.I try the heart,even to give every man according to his ways,according to the fruit of his doings.” ¹¹As the partridge that sits on eggs which she has not laid,so is he who gets riches, and not by right.In the middle of his days, they will leave him.At his end, he will be a fool. ¹²A glorious throne, set on high from the beginning,is the place of our sanctuary. ¹³Lord, the hope of Israel,all who forsake you will be disappointed.Those who depart from me will be written in the earth,because they have forsaken the Lord,the spring of living waters. ¹⁴Heal me, O Lord, and I will be healed.Save me, and I will be saved;for you are my praise. ¹⁵Behold, they tell me,“Where is the Lord’s word?Let it be fulfilled now.” ¹⁶As for me, I have not hurried from being a shepherd after you.I haven’t desired the woeful day. You know.That which came out of my lips was before your face.