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Jeremiah 17:11

King James Version (KJV)

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[As] the partridge sitteth [on eggs], and hatcheth [them] not; [so] he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.

Jeremiah 17:11 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Jeremiah 17:11

Theological / Devotional

As the partridge. The Hebrew of the first part of the verse is obscure. Some believe the passage refers to a belief of the Jews that the partridge added to her own eggs those stolen from other birds, and that when the young of these stolen eggs were hatched they left her. Perhaps Jeremiah employs this belief to illustrate the experience of the covetous man, whose greed causes him to pile up riches that are not truly his, and that sooner or later “make themselves wings” and disappear (see Prov. 23:5).

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