Jeremiah 17:9-13

9A person's own mind deceives him, more than anything else does. Nobody can change it to be better. Nobody completely understands it.

10But I, the Lord, look inside a person's mind. I see what he thinks and what he feels. I see how everyone lives, and I see the things that they do. I give to each one what he deserves.

11Someone may get rich because he cheats other people. He is like a bird that sits on eggs that it has taken from another nest. He will lose his riches before he is old. At the end of his life, he will die as a fool.’

12Lord, your beautiful throne is high above. You have ruled there from the beginning. That is where we worship you.

13You are the one that the Israelites hope in. Everyone who turns away from you will be ashamed. They will disappear, as if their names are written in the dust. Lord, you give life to your people, like a spring of fresh water. But they have turned against you.