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“The (A)heart is more (B)deceitful than all else
And is [a]desperately (C)sick;
Who can know it?
10 I, Yahweh, (D)search the heart;
I test the [b]inmost being,
Even (E)to give to each man according to his ways,
According to the fruit of his deeds.
11 As a partridge that hatches eggs which it has not laid,
So is he who (F)makes a fortune, but unjustly;
In the midst of his days it will forsake him,
And in [c]the end he will be a (G)wicked fool.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 17:9 Or incurably
  2. Jeremiah 17:10 Lit kidneys
  3. Jeremiah 17:11 Lit his

“The (A)heart is deceitful above all things,
And [a]desperately wicked;
Who can know it?
10 I, the Lord, (B)search the heart,
I test the [b]mind,
(C)Even to give every man according to his ways,
According to the fruit of his doings.

11 As a partridge that [c]broods but does not hatch,
So is he who gets riches, but not by right;
It (D)will leave him in the midst of his days,
And at his end he will be (E)a fool.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 17:9 Or incurably sick
  2. Jeremiah 17:10 Most secret parts, lit. kidneys
  3. Jeremiah 17:11 Sits on eggs