Jeremiah 2:28–37

²⁸Where then are thy gods that thou hast made for thyself? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for as the number of thy cities, are thy gods, O Judah.

²⁹Wherefore would ye contend with me? Ye all have transgressed against me, saith Jehovah. ³⁰In vain have I smitten your children: they received no correction. Your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion. ³¹O generation, mark ye the word of Jehovah. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel, or a land of thick darkness? Wherefore say my people, We have dominion; we will come no more unto thee? ³²Doth a virgin forget her ornaments, a bride her attire? But my people have forgotten me days without number. ³³How dost thou trim thy way to seek love! Therefore hast thou also accustomed thy ways to wickedness. ³⁴Yea, in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the innocent poor, whom thou didst not encounter breaking in, but it is found upon all these. ³⁵And thou sayest, Indeed I am innocent; his anger will turn from me. Behold, I will enter into judgment with thee because thou sayest, I have not sinned. ³⁶Why dost thou gad about so much, and change thy way? Thou shalt also be brought to shame by Egypt, as thou wast brought to shame by Assyria. ³⁷Thou shalt indeed go forth from her with thy hands upon thy head; for Jehovah hath rejected those thou confidest in, and thou shalt not prosper by them.