As the partridge that sitteth on {\i eggs} which she hath not laid, so is he that getteth riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.\par
Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: An adversary {\i there shall be}, even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be plundered.