King James Version (KJV)
Jeremiah 17:13
“O 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.”
Verse in context — Jeremiah 17
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.
12
A glorious high throne from the beginning [is] the place of our sanctuary.
13
O 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.
14
Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou [art] my praise.
15
Behold, they say unto me, Where [is] the word of the LORD? let it come now.
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