Jeremiah 2:28–37

²⁸Where are the gods that you made for yourselves? 

Let them come and rescue you when you’re in trouble. 

You have as many gods as you have cities, Judah! 

²⁹“Why do you complain about me? 

All of you have rebelled against me,” declares the Lord. 

³⁰“I have punished your children without results. 

They didn’t respond to correction. 

You killed my prophets like a raging lion. 

³¹“Consider the Lord’s word, people of this generation. 

Haven’t I been a desert, a land of thick darkness, for Israel? 

Why do my people say that they are free to wander around 

and no longer come to me? 

³²A young woman can’t forget her jewelry or a bride her veils. 

Yet, my people have forgotten me for countless days. 

³³You carefully planned ways to look for love. 

You taught your ways to wicked women. 

³⁴You have the blood from poor and innocent people 

on your clothes. 

You didn’t kill them for breaking into your home. 

³⁵In spite of all this you say, ‘I’m innocent. 

God will turn his anger from me, 

because I haven’t sinned.’ 

³⁶You change your mind so easily. 

You will be put to shame by Egypt 

as you were put to shame by Assyria. 

³⁷You will also leave this place with your hands over your head, 

because the Lord has rejected those you trust. 

You will not be helped by them.”