Jeremiah 17:12-14

Easy-to-Read Version

¹²From the very beginning, our Temple
    has been a glorious throne for God.
    It is a very important place.
¹³Lord, you are the hope of Israel.
    You are like a spring of living water.
Those who stop following the Lord
    will have a very short life.^[a]

Jeremiah’s Third Complaint

¹⁴Lord, if you heal me, I surely will be healed.
Save me, and I surely will be saved.
Lord, I praise you!

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Footnotes

Jeremiah 17:13 will have a very short life Literally, “he will be written in the dirt.” This might mean that a person’s name was written on a list of people who would soon die, or that a person’s life will soon be gone—like a name written in the sand.