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Jeremiah 17:11 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 17 · verse 11
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 · King James Version
Jeremiah 17:11 in context
9The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
10I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
11As 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.
12A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary.
13O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- partridgeqôrêʼa callerH7124 →
- hatchethyâladto bear youngH3205 →
- sittethdâgarto brood over eggs or youngH1716 →
- gettethʻâsâhto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationH6213 →
- richesʻôsherwealthH6239 →
- rightmishpâṭproperly, a verdict pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree divine…H4941 →
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It is excellent doctrine that is preached in these verses, and of general concern and use to us all, and it does not appear to have any particular reference to the present state of Judah and Jerusalem. The prophet's sermons were not all prophetical, but some of them practical;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 5-11