Jeremiah 2:4–13

⁴Hear ye the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel: ⁵Thus saith the Lord, ⁱWhat iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and ^khave walked after ^lvanity, and ^kmare become vain? ⁶Neither said they, Where is the Lord ⁿthat brought us up out of the land of Egypt, ^othat led us through the wilderness, through ^pa land of deserts and of ^qpits, through ^pa land of ^rdrought, and of ^sthe shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt? ⁷And I brought you into ^ta plentiful country, to eat ^uthe fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye ^vdefiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination. ⁸The priests said not, Where is the Lord? and ^wthey that handle the law knew me not: ^xthe pastors also transgressed against me, and ^xxthe prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after ^ythings that do not profit. ⁹Wherefore I ^zwill yet plead with you, saith the Lord, and ^awith your children’s children will I plead. ^10aaFor pass over the isles of ^bChittim, and see; and send unto ^cKedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing. ^11dHath a nation changed their gods, ^ewhich are yet no gods? but my people ^fhave changed their glory for ^gthat which doth not profit. ¹²Be astonished, ^hO ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the Lord. ¹³For my people have committed two evils; ^ikthey have forsaken me ^klthe fountain of ^mliving waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.